Girls' name · since 1972
Shimeka
261 babies named Shimeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shimeka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 261 have been recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Shimeka recorded 261 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1993.
- #17,194 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shimeka ranks #17,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shimeka's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shimeka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shimeka's full recorded timeline at 1983, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shimeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1993
- Peak year (1982)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Shimeka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (139 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Shimeka's strongest decade.
139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Shimeka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s
1980s
139 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 139 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Shimeka's decade-level peak was the 1980s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shimeka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1972–1993 (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 Shimeka 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.