Feminine dossier · first seen 1973

Shamia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shamia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1999

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1973Peak 19992024

Peak year

1999

Decline from peak

86.5%

2024

All-time

1,468

Shamia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1999, when 74 girls were named Shamia.

In 2024, only 10 girls were given the name.

Down 86.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,468 Americans have been named Shamia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1973.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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