Girls' name · since 1998
Shemariah
Shemariah has 34 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
34 girls have been named Shemariah since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemariah has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2017.
- #39,636 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemariah ranks #39,636 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #39,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shemariah's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shemariah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shemariah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shemariah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2017
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shemariah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Shemariah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shemariah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shemariah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1998–2017 (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 Shemariah 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.