Shama
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1979
18 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
451
since 1968
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Shama was most popular in 1979, when 18 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shama in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 15293 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 10312 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 9 | 10383 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 12876 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 16419 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10129 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13448 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 13 | 8965 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 17168 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 11624 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 8 | 11325 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 13 | 7816 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 9 | 10102 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 11 | 7574 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 6 | 11783 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | 8122 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 6264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | 6976 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 16 | 5549 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 11 | 6955 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 13 | 5895 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | 6335 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 13 | 5459 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 13 | 5348 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 15 | 4716 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 14 | 4963 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | 6319 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 18 | 4052 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 6948 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 17 | 4069 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 10 | 5516 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 16 | 3863 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | 7016 | <5 | — |
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