Shemeka

Girl · recorded 1971–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2003. 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 Shemeka.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

0418219711979198719952003

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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 29 recorded years as a table
Shemeka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19715
197216
197316
197428
197534
197654
197754
197880
197982
198073
198172
198280
198354
198450
198549
198641
198726
198825
198922
199021
199117
199214
199310
19947
19956
19964
19975
20003
20033

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shemeka 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 2003
6
Rank in 2003
#13,844
How rare
1 in 304,524 girls
Since 1971
1,563

Shemeka was last recorded in 2003. 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 1979, at 82 per million girls born.

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

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