Girls' name · since 1979
Shemaiah
269 babies named Shemaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shemaiah currently ranks #15427 among girls' names in America, with 269 babies recorded since 1979.
Shemaiah has 269 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15427 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #16,898 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,427 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemaiah ranks #16,898 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,427 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 269 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,898 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,427 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shemaiah's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shemaiah compares
269 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shemaiah's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shemaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shemaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shemaiah splits its recorded history at 2002: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shemaiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Shemaiah popularity over time - boys
12 total births recorded since 1986 (Shemaiah as boys' name)
Shemaiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (118 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Shemaiah's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Shemaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
118 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 118 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Shemaiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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 Shemaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Shemaiah 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.