Girls' name · since 1976
Shemeca
91 babies named Shemeca in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shemeca is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemeca has been recorded 91 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1986.
- #28,228 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemeca ranks #28,228 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,228 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shemeca's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shemeca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shemeca splits its recorded history at 1981: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shemeca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1986
- Peak year (1980)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Shemeca by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (56 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Shemeca's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Shemeca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 56 births (62% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shemeca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1976–1986 (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 Shemeca 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.