Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shamia

#5,467 most common girls' name of all time · #9,269 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2024

Rank among girls
#5,467
Rank overall
#9,269 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,469
Since 2016
39
Peak year
1999 #2,088
Best rank
#2,088 1999
Girls Boys peak 74/yr
198020002020

Shamia first appears in 1973. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 10 — 10 #9,740
2022 5 — 5 #15,810
2021 6 — 6 #13,849
2020 7 — 7 #12,467
2019 6 — 6 #14,180
2016 5 — 5 #16,767
2015 17 — 17 #7,067
2014 7 — 7 #13,383
2013 7 — 7 #13,480
2012 18 — 18 #6,984
2011 16 — 16 #7,531
2010 18 — 18 #7,011
2009 23 — 23 #5,967
2008 41 — 41 #3,898
2007 32 — 32 #4,615
2006 31 — 31 #4,638
2005 42 — 42 #3,549
2004 54 — 54 #2,951
2003 50 — 50 #3,021
2002 46 — 46 #3,130
2001 55 — 55 #2,725
2000 63 — 63 #2,448
1999 74 — 74 #2,088
1998 57 — 57 #2,449
1997 38 — 38 #3,142
1996 41 — 41 #2,943
1995 23 — 23 #4,452
1994 29 — 29 #3,762
1993 48 — 48 #2,590
1992 55 — 55 #2,382
1991 48 — 48 #2,583
1990 41 — 41 #2,839
1989 46 — 46 #2,521
1988 37 — 37 #2,854
1987 41 — 41 #2,522
1986 41 — 41 #2,466
1985 38 — 38 #2,594
1984 36 — 36 #2,613
1983 45 — 45 #2,194
1982 42 — 42 #2,368
1981 31 — 31 #2,920
1980 28 — 28 #3,127
1979 25 — 25 #3,326
1978 16 — 16 #4,442
1976 5 — 5 #10,337
1975 11 — 11 #5,486
1974 8 — 8 #6,855
1973 6 — 6 #8,375