Girls' name · since 1981
Shymeka
16 babies named Shymeka in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,219 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Shymeka since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shymeka has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. 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 1996.
- #49,219 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shymeka ranks #49,219 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #49,219 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shymeka's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shymeka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shymeka splits its recorded history at 1992: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shymeka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shymeka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Shymeka's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Shymeka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shymeka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1981–1996 (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 Shymeka 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.