Shameka
Shameka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 470th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1980452 births
- Best rank
- #470in 1980
- Since 1971
- 6,191people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,191 girls have been named Shameka in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 452 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 452 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 54%. It has spent 16 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Shameka was the 470th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Shameka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shamikapeak 1981
- Brandicepeak 1981
- Shenikapeak 1982
- Shavonnepeak 1979
- Tenikapeak 1982
- Shemikapeak 1980
- Shavonpeak 1979
- Teneshapeak 1984
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.