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Girl name

Shemaiah

96% girls · 5 born in 2025

Shemaiah has been given to about 281 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2002, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 277
Median age today24 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shemaiah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2002 · 21
  • Born in 20255
  • All time281

How popular is Shemaiah?

Its best year was 2002, when 21 babies were given the name, ranking 7383rd. The typical living American called Shemaiah is about 24 years old today.

Names that sound like Shemaiah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Samiyah0.66
  2. Amayah0.62
  3. Mariah0.59
  4. Shelia0.58
  5. Sariah0.59
  6. Maliah0.59
  7. Keziah0.59
  8. Amiah0.59

Middle names for Shemaiah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shemaiah Eve0.80
  2. Shemaiah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shemaiah Josephine0.78
  4. Shemaiah Anne0.78
  5. Shemaiah Rose0.77
  6. Shemaiah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shemaiah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Paulinasister · 0.73
  2. Hallesister · 0.73
  3. Nikolasbrother · 0.72
  4. Macysister · 0.71
  5. Tracebrother · 0.71
  6. Keatonbrother · 0.71

Where Shemaiah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shemaiah Anderson0.74
    2. Shemaiah White0.72
    3. Shemaiah Reyes0.72
    4. Shemaiah Nguyen0.72
    5. Shemaiah Moore0.72
    6. Shemaiah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shemaiah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.