How Many People Are Named Shama?
people named Shama are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 778,553 people in the US has this name
Based on 451 babies named Shama in Social Security records from 1968 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shama in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shama alive today is about 32 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shama first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1979, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Shama has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,999, in 1974.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,999 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,704 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shama alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shama were born in New York than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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