Girls' name · since 1997
Shamsa
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 30 babies named Shamsa, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
30 girls have been named Shamsa since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shamsa has 30 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2022.
- #41,081 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 30 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamsa ranks #41,081 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 30 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,081 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 30
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shamsa's 30 recorded births place it above 43.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shamsa splits its recorded history at 2015: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shamsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2022
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shamsa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Shamsa's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shamsa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Shamsa's decade-level peak was the 2010s (20 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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 Shamsa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
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, 1997–2022 (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 Shamsa 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.