Shama
#11,723 most common girls' name of all time · #19,448 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2024
Rank among girls
#11,723
Rank overall
#19,448 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
451
Since 2016
47
Peak year
1979 #4,184
Best rank
#4,010 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Shama first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,748 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,527 |
| 2022 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,727 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,428 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,988 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,179 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,905 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,317 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,322 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,774 |
| 2008 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,090 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,255 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,718 |
| 2004 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,913 |
| 2003 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,603 |
| 2002 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,983 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,382 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,620 |
| 1998 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,864 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,168 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,803 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,231 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,365 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,424 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,949 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,173 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,697 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,189 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,095 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,579 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,631 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,552 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,776 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,410 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,872 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,162 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,606 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,184 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,355 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,192 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,914 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,861 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,010 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,203 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,226 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,128 |