Shamyah

Girl · recorded 1997–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 2005best year

Most popular in 2005.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shamyah.

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Its story

Popularity since 1997

071419972002200720122017

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Shamyah, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19975
19985
19998
20008
20016
20029
20037
200411
200514
200610
200711
20088
200911
201010
201110
20123
20143
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shamyah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#15,902
How rare
1 in 345,292 girls
Since 1997
261

Shamyah was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2005, at 14 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shamyah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.