Shamaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shamaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Shamaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin
Is Shamaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shamaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shamaya, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 57 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Shamaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
Names like Shamaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Samira, Amaya, Kaliyah, Safa, Safiya, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Salma, Aliya, Amira, Samaya
Names related to Shamaya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shamaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamaya, updated 20 October 2026.