How Many People Are Named Shameka?

5,974

people named Shameka are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 57,212 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,191 babies named Shameka in Social Security records from 1971 to 2010, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,335

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,861

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Peak Year

1980

452 births

Trend

2010

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Shameka in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Shameka alive today is about 41 years old, and 95% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 46 in 2025.

Under 30 308
5.2%
30 to 59 5,666
94.8%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Shameka first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1980, to 452 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2010.

Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2010

🏆 Rank History

Shameka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #471, in 1980.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#471 (1980)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#586 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Shameka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shameka were born in New York than in any other state: about 523 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shameka was given 5 times as often in Mississippi, 4.5 times in South Carolina and 4 times in Georgia.

New York 523
Georgia 494
Florida 429
North Carolina 422
Texas 378
Louisiana 307
California 297
Alabama 281
South Carolina 280
Mississippi 259
Illinois 249
Virginia 246
Michigan 170
Tennessee 160
Maryland 103
Arkansas 97
New Jersey 83
Ohio 76
District of Columbia 50
Pennsylvania 42
Indiana 40
Missouri 36
Oklahoma 25
Connecticut 12
Kentucky 10
Wisconsin 10

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