Shemica — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shemica

The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Shemica between 1973 and 1992, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shemica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shemica performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shemica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shemica in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shemica 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 201 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.