Shamya — #13923 US girls' name
2,167 babies named Shamya in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
67% of everyone ever named Shamya was born in this single decade.
174 babies were named Shamya in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamya
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,167 babies named Shamya between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamya currently holds the #13923 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 174 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shamya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 190 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shamya in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,167 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shamya at a glance
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Current rank
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Shamya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2005)
- 174
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #13923 among girls.
2,167 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 174 births in a single year.
Shamya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,451 births that decade — 67% of Shamya's all-time total
Shamya decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,451 births
- Runner-up 383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shamya's strongest decade
1,451 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Shamya by state
Where Shamya concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 190 | 8.8% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 151 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 135 | 6.2% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 119 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 96 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 92 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 74 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 73 | 3.4% |
190 of 2,167 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 8.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 7.0% of nationwide
- Florida 6.2% of nationwide
- South Carolina 5.5% of nationwide
- Texas 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Shamya appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.