Shemeka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shemeka

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,563 babies named Shemeka between 1971 and 2003, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shemeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 135 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shemeka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 839 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shemeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shemeka in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shemeka 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 1,563 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.