Shemaiah
#15,244 most common girls' name of all time · #25,201 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among girls
#15,244
Rank overall
#25,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
281
Since 2016
11
Peak year
2002 #7,261
Best rank
#6,678 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Shemaiah first appears in 1979. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,483 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,916 |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,406 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,225 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,567 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,578 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,484 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,655 |
| 2009 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,793 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,329 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,969 |
| 2006 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,659 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,559 |
| 2004 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,230 |
| 2003 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,299 |
| 2002 | 15 | 6 | 21 | #7,261 |
| 2001 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,686 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,818 |
| 1999 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,678 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,343 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,678 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,554 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,222 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,580 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,471 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,391 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,123 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,852 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,638 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,603 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,894 |