girls:
5.1k births since 1971
#2374 (58th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1990
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1971
#3838 (50th percentile)
The name Shamika is the #3,838 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,067 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 50.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,374 (58.5% percentile) for all time with 5,061 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1990.
Shamika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Shamika is available in 42 out of the 48 years between 1971 and 2018 (42 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shamika has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shamika reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 38.7% percentile (ranked #477) with 188 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 188 births per million (ranked 38.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2018.
For boys, Shamika reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shamika".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Shamika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Shamika is pronounced as shuh-MEE-kuh, which has 3 syllables.
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