Shaima
Shaimaa is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Shayma was the name of Prophet Muhammad's foster sister. Notable people with the given name include:
Meaning & Origin of Shaima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shaimaa is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Shayma was the name of Prophet Muhammad's foster sister. Notable people with the given name include:
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The Story of Shaima
The earliest SSA record of Shaima as a baby girl name dates back to 1991, when 6 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Shaima — #6,900 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Shaima on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Shaima last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 271 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Popularity by State
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About the name Shaima
Shaima is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 271 births in the dataset. Shaima's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #6,900. Use the chart and map above to compare Shaima's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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