Shemaiah
Shemaiah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Shemaiah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shemaiah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Shemaiah
American parents first put Shemaiah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 16 Shemaiahs were born — ranking #7,076 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 45% of all recorded Shemaiahs. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 264 Shemaiahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Shemaiah
Shemaiah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 264 births in the dataset. Shemaiah's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #7,076. Use the chart and map above to compare Shemaiah'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.