# Shameka (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shameka/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,191 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,191 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 111 | 1,440 |
| 1995 | 87 | 1,698 |
| 1996 | 68 | 2,054 |
| 1997 | 48 | 2,654 |
| 1998 | 40 | 3,163 |
| 1999 | 30 | 3,950 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,435 |
| 2001 | 25 | 4,814 |
| 2002 | 21 | 5,643 |
| 2003 | 16 | 7,158 |
| 2004 | 13 | 8,644 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,793 |
| 2006 | 8 | 13,420 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,499 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,653 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.