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How popular is the name Shemaiah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shemaiahs are alive today.
Shemaiah (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2017 (ranked 3996th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2009, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3744th most popular that year.
The Shemaiah you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Shemaiahs born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 73 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shemaiah - on average, only one in every 4,151 such rooms contains a Shemaiah.
How many babies are named Shemaiah each year?
Where does Shemaiah rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shemaiah most popular?
Shemaiah peaked in 2009, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Shemaiah?
At least 73 people named Shemaiah born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shemaiah?
Most living Shemaiahs are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 8.
Is Shemaiah becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.