girl's name

Shamika

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 5,104

Shamika is a girl's name. In 2018 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1981, when 337 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Shamika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

2,772
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shamika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 1,241
1980s 2,772
1990s 909
2000s 108
2010s (to 2018) 37

How popular is Shamika?

In 2018, Shamika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shamika is used

Canada #1,751 9 in 1997
England & Wales #5,492 4 in 2012
United States #14,635 6 in 2018

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shamika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shamika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shamika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shamika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shamika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shamika

How popular is the name Shamika?

In 2018, Shamika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shamika a girl's or a boy's name?

Shamika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shamika most popular?

Shamika peaked in 1981, when 337 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.