Shamar
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #13,606 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 96.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2000 · 383 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,137since 1972
Shamar over time
Rank among boys' names. Shamar has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,608 | 16 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,952 | 42 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,243 | 64 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,277 | 61 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,046 | 69 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,805 | 85 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,617 | 101 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,681 | 94 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,706 | 91 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,427 | 120 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,564 | 101 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,361 | 124 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,258 | 140 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,206 | 146 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,023 | 189 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,138 | 161 | |
| 2008 | — | #926 | 219 | |
| 2007 | — | #946 | 209 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #805 | 254 |
| 2005 | — | #809 | 235 | |
| 2004 | — | #876 | 199 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #788 | 223 |
| 2002 | — | #650 | 292 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #570 | 363 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #552 | 383 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #617 | 295 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #701 | 238 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #799 | 183 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #860 | 161 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #1,069 | 110 |
| 1994 | — | #1,564 | 59 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #1,472 | 62 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #1,325 | 72 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,188 | 84 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #1,294 | 71 |
| 1988 | — | #1,525 | 48 | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #1,153 | 67 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,321 | 53 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #1,198 | 58 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #1,153 | 61 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,039 | 76 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #1,145 | 63 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,291 | 51 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,438 | 42 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,948 | 24 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shamar! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Shamar is popular in 1991
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#546 · 1 in 6,678
- New York#637 · 1 in 7,467
- Pennsylvania#655 · 1 in 11,465
- California#2,175 · 1 in 57,569
Best ever in a state: #150 in Delaware, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #546 | 8 | 1 in 6,678 |
| New York | #637 | 18 | 1 in 7,467 |
| Pennsylvania | #655 | 7 | 1 in 11,465 |
| California | #2,175 | 5 | 1 in 57,569 |
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See more about Shamar
- 2,336 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #5,608)
- 3,562 spots since 2020 (#2,046 → #5,608)
- 4,181 spots since 2015 (#1,427 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 1996 (#1,069 → #860)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 2009 (#926 → #1,138)
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 2000 at #552 (383 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1996–2008
- Highest: 1 in 5,128 boys born in 2000 were named Shamar (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.4% of all boys named Shamar (2,538) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 191 | #1,291 (1979) | #2,398 |
| 1980s | 625 | #1,029 (1981) | #1,230 |
| 1990s | 1,304 | #617 (1999) | #1,160 |
| 2000s | 2,538 | #552 (2000) | #806 |
| 2010s | 1,191 | #1,023 (2010) | #1,465 |
| 2020s | 288 | #2,046 (2020) | #3,066 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shamar in 1991
Top girls' names in 1991
Top boys' names in 1991
More about 1991
girls
1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 187,501 of them was named Shamar, which outranked 48.4% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,430Zahava11
- #7,430Zalika11
- #7,430Zaynab11
- #7,987Shamar10
- #7,987Aarin10
- #7,987Aarion10
- #7,987Aarti10
- #8,588Adaline9
- #8,588Adama9
- #8,588Adelene9
Tied with 600 names at #7,987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 28,060 of them was named Shamar, which outranked 86.3% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,314Rosendo73
- #1,314Sammie73
- #1,314Terron73
- #1,325Shamar72
- #1,325Auston72
- #1,325Claudio72
- #1,325Dontay72
- #1,336Boris71
- #1,336Caesar71
- #1,336Eriberto71
Tied with 10 names at #1,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.