How Many People Are Named Shamya?
An estimated 2,133 people in the United States have the first name Shamya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Shamya peaked in popularity in 2005 with 174 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shamya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shamya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,133
About 1 in 160,691 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2005
174 births
Total Registered
2,167
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shamya
Shamya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,167 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Shamya as a female name
Ranked #14,963 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (174 births)
Shamya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shamya span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 1,451 babies were registered. Shamya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Shamya by Decade
How has Shamya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shamya by State
Birth registrations for Shamya span all 20 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Georgia, North Carolina, Florida. The lowest are in New Jersey, Arkansas, Wisconsin. On average, about 66 Shamyas were registered per state.
Shamya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shamya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Shamya
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Shamya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shamya?
We estimate approximately 2,133 people named Shamya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 160,691 Americans share this first name.
Is Shamya a common name?
Shamya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,167 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shamya most popular?
Shamya reached peak popularity in 2005, when 174 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shamya is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shamya a female name?
Shamya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shamya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shamya Smith, Shamya Johnson, Shamya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me