How Many People Are Named Shemaiah?
people named Shemaiah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,233,880 people in the US has this name
Based on 281 babies named Shemaiah in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "heard by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. This name is borne by many characters in the Old Testament including a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shemaiah, 95.8% were girls and 4.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shemaiah alive today is about 23 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shemaiah first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2002, to 21 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shemaiah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #6,789, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #16,904.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #16,904 |
| Best rank | #6,789 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,089 in the 2000s |
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