# Shamika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shamika/  
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 | 5,067 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 5,061 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 23 | 4,775 |
| 1999 | 27 | 4,287 |
| 2000 | 25 | 4,767 |
| 2001 | 23 | 5,143 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10,110 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11,185 |
| 2004 | 15 | 7,775 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,794 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11,287 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17,158 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,608 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,279 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,803 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14,284 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,385 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6 | 7,959 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |

## 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.