Shamya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Shamya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Shamya come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin
Is Shamya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamya 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 Shamya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Shamya, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 174 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Shamya than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Shamya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 47 | #3,365 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,605 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,635 |
| 2006 | 150 | #1,473 |
| 2005 | 174 | #1,281 |
| 2004 | 170 | #1,263 |
| 2003 | 165 | #1,266 |
| 2002 | 125 | #1,509 |
| 2001 | 144 | #1,330 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,327 |
| 1999 | 131 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 60 | #2,335 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Shamya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amya Anaya Anya Saanvi Janiyah Araya Shreya Amaya Sasha Avaya Avani Kavya
Names related to Shamya
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, “Shamya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamya, updated 20 October 2026.