Shemaiah was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Shemaiah as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
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
2025
#14,942 (5)
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2023
#13,462 (6)
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2019
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#5,591 (3)
2015
#13,006 (7)
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2014
#16,513 (5)
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2013
#13,150 (7)
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2012
#12,199 (8)
#5,876 (3)
2011
#16,764 (5)
#4,764 (4)
2010
#12,276 (8)
#4,688 (4)
2009
#12,429 (8)
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2008
#13,832 (7)
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2007
#11,630 (9)
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2006
#7,482 (16)
#5,061 (3)
2005
#8,330 (13)
#4,798 (3)
2004
#7,077 (16)
#3,725 (4)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2004 at #7,077.
First recorded in the US in 1979.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.