Shameka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-MEE-ka
- Origin
- Modern
Shameka is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shameka come from?
Modern: Sha- prefix with -meka, as in Tameka
Is Shameka a girl's or a boy's name?
Shameka is a girls' name.
How popular is Shameka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 452 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Shameka in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shameka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 111 | #1,430 |
| 1993 | 148 | #1,176 |
| 1992 | 186 | #1,008 |
| 1991 | 180 | #1,021 |
| 1990 | 187 | #985 |
| 1989 | 209 | #877 |
| 1988 | 259 | #720 |
| 1987 | 231 | #773 |
| 1986 | 292 | #632 |
| 1985 | 286 | #647 |
| 1984 | 385 | #510 |
| 1983 | 417 | #477 |
| 1982 | 402 | #503 |
| 1981 | 421 | #489 |
| 1980 | 452 | #470 |
| 1979 | 387 | #511 |
| 1978 | 345 | #531 |
| 1977 | 294 | #587 |
| 1976 | 231 | #662 |
| 1975 | 164 | #828 |
| 1974 | 88 | #1,239 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,286 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
Names like Shameka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Aisha, Shayla, Samira, Alisha, Shira, Summer, Samara, Sahara, Asha, Shaina, Anika
Names related to Shameka
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, “Shameka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shameka, updated 20 October 2026.