Shamari
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #6,199
Given to girls 55.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,063since 1981
Shamari over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #6,104 | 14 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | #3,332 | 33 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #2,935 | 55 | #3,528 | 27 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #2,599 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 | #3,143 | 28 |
| 2000 | #2,055 | 80 | #2,476 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,703 | 51 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #2,349 | 37 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shamari! It came in at #9,110, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shamari
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2000 at #2,055 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,700 girls born in 2000 were named Shamari (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Shamari (515) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2019, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33 | #5,895 (1988) | #8,592 |
| 1990s | 293 | #2,295 (1992) | #4,623 |
| 2000s | 515 | #2,055 (2000) | #3,164 |
| 2010s | 185 | #4,494 (2010) | #6,917 |
| 2020s | 37 | #9,616 (2023) | #12,074 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shamari in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Shamari, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Shamari6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abel6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 162,834 of them was named Shamari, which outranked 50.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,412Wilber12
- #3,412Yan12
- #3,412Zeth12
- #3,601Shamari11
- #3,601Aamir11
- #3,601Abdulrahman11
- #3,601Abrahan11
- #3,858Adin10
- #3,858Aditya10
- #3,858Adrienne10
Tied with 256 names at #3,601; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.