Girls' name · since 1981
Shemiah
Since 1981, U.S. Social Security records show 160 babies named Shemiah, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,147 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shemiah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1981.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemiah has been recorded 160 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2009.
- #22,147 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shemiah ranks #22,147 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,147 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shemiah's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shemiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shemiah's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shemiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2009
- Peak year (2002)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shemiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Shemiah's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Shemiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (60% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shemiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1981–2009 (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 Shemiah 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.