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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#201 · 1 in 1,187
- South Carolina#301 · 1 in 1,711
- Louisiana#442 · 1 in 2,723
- North Carolina#474 · 1 in 3,732
- New York#496 · 1 in 4,436
Best ever in a state: #150 in Delaware, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #201 | 24 | 1 in 1,187 |
| South Carolina | #301 | 12 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Louisiana | #442 | 10 | 1 in 2,723 |
| North Carolina | #474 | 13 | 1 in 3,732 |
| New York | #496 | 26 | 1 in 4,436 |
| Oklahoma | #507 | 5 | 1 in 4,132 |
| Alabama | #529 | 6 | 1 in 4,204 |
| Georgia | #537 | 13 | 1 in 3,968 |
| Florida | #539 | 19 | 1 in 4,562 |
| Massachusetts | #554 | 5 | 1 in 7,341 |
| Ohio | #586 | 10 | 1 in 6,998 |
| New Jersey | #588 | 8 | 1 in 6,082 |
| Michigan | #599 | 10 | 1 in 5,969 |
| Pennsylvania | #620 | 9 | 1 in 7,413 |
| Indiana | #655 | 5 | 1 in 7,608 |
| Tennessee | #655 | 5 | 1 in 7,208 |
| Virginia | #655 | 6 | 1 in 6,613 |
| Illinois | #708 | 11 | 1 in 7,303 |
| Texas | #1,031 | 11 | 1 in 14,601 |
| California | #1,504 | 8 | 1 in 30,415 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 220,869 of them was named Shamar, which outranked 39.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,260Zianna9
- #9,260Zissy9
- #9,260Zoriah9
- #10,122Shamar8
- #10,122Aaniyah8
- #10,122Aasiyah8
- #10,122Abbegale8
- #11,138Aaliayah7
- #11,138Aaminah7
- #11,138Aanchal7
Tied with 1,015 names at #10,122; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 8,031 of them was named Shamar, which outranked 93.8% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.