Shama peaked in the US in 1974 at #3,863, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Shama as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Canada
2024
#15,293 (5)
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#2,975 (6)
2023
#10,312 (9)
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2022
#10,383 (9)
#5,670 (3)
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#2,835 (6)
2021
#15,251 (5)
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2020
#12,142 (7)
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#2,873 (6)
2019
#15,539 (5)
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2018
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#2,892 (6)
2017
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#3,307 (5)
2016
#12,876 (7)
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2015
#16,419 (5)
#5,730 (3)
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2014
#10,129 (10)
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2013
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#5,742 (3)
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2012
#16,869 (5)
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2010
#13,448 (7)
#4,688 (4)
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2009
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#3,422 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1974 at #3,863.
First recorded in the US in 1968.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.