Shamar

Where Shamar comes from

The dictionaries list Shamar as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #3,963 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1985
    Shamar Sands born
    Bahamian athletics competitor
  4. 1997
    Shamar Nicholson born
    Jamaican footballer
  5. 2000
    Peak, #552
    383 babies named Shamar — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,138.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Shamar Nicholson · Jamaican footballer, born 1997
  • Shamar Sands · Bahamian athletics competitor, born 1985
  • Shamar Stephen · American football player, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.