Boys' name · since 1998
Shmaya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Shmaya, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,048 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shmaya currently ranks #5758 among boys' names in America, with 91 babies recorded since 1998.
Shmaya has 91 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5758 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #18,048 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,758 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shmaya ranks #18,048 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,758 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 91 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,048 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,758 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shmaya's 91 recorded births place it above 60.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shmaya compares
91 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shmaya's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shmaya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shmaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shmaya splits its recorded history at 2013: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shmaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shmaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Shmaya's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shmaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (48% of all-time use).
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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, 1998–2025 (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 Shmaya 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.