Girls' name · since 1973
Shemeika
Shemeika has 186 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 186
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shemeika sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 186 recorded since 1973.
Shemeika has 186 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1991.
- #20,574 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 186 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemeika ranks #20,574 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 186 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,574 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 186
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shemeika's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Shemeika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shemeika splits its recorded history at 1983: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shemeika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1991
- Peak year (1979)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Shemeika by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (115 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Shemeika's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Shemeika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
115 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 115 births (62% of all-time use).
Shemeika by state
Where Shemeika concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.7% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 186 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Shemeika's decade-level peak was the 1980s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Shemeikas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shemeika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1973–1991 (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 Shemeika 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.