Shermeka — girls' name
139 babies named Shermeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
139 girls have been named Shermeka since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 139
- total births
- 1974–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Shermeka was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Shermeka in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shermeka
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Shermeka between 1974 and 1991, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shermeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shermeka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shermeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shermeka 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 139 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.
Shermeka at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shermeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1974
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
139 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 14 births in a single year.
Shermeka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 81 births that decade — 58% of Shermeka's all-time total
Shermeka decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shermeka's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.