Girls' name · since 1971
Shamona
220 babies named Shamona in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shamona sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 220 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamona has been recorded 220 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1996.
- #18,858 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 220 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamona ranks #18,858 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 220 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,858 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 220
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shamona's 220 recorded births place it above 73.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shamona splits its recorded history at 1982: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shamona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1996
- Peak year (1978)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shamona by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (102 births, 46% of the file).
1970s was Shamona's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Shamona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
102 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 102 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Shamona's decade-level peak was the 1970s (102 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamona: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–1996 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamona draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.