girl's name

Shamina

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 179

Shamina is a girl's name. In 1996 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Shamina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1996, not a full ten years.

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Births named Shamina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 44
1980s 65
1990s (to 1996) 30

How popular is Shamina?

In 1996, Shamina was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Shamina is used

England & Wales #6,469 3 in 2006
France #7,291 5 in 2025
United States #15,629 5 in 1996

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 Shamina

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

Parents who like Shamina also like

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

Sibling names for Shamina

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

Common questions about Shamina

How popular is the name Shamina?

In 1996, Shamina was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Shamina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shamina most popular?

Shamina peaked in 1983, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Shamina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Shamina currently ranks #7,291 in the United States. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.