Shatema — girls' name
34 babies named Shatema in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Shatema since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 34
- total births
- 1976–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Shatema was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shatema in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shatema
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Shatema between 1976 and 1988, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shatema currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shatema performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shatema shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shatema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shatema 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 34 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.
Shatema at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shatema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1976
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
34 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 7 births in a single year.
Shatema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 29 births that decade — 85% of Shatema's all-time total
Shatema decade highlights
- Peak decade 29 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shatema's strongest decade
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
Shatema by state
Where Shatema concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 17.6% |
6 of 34 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–1988 (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.