Shamyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-MEE-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Shamyia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shamyia come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Miya
Is Shamyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shamyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Shamyia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Names like Shamyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Zaniyah, Safiya, Kaliyah, Zaniya, Jaliyah, Samira, Salma, Safia, Samiyah, Aliya
Names related to Shamyia
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, “Shamyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamyia, updated 20 October 2026.