Shamara
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 60 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,660since 1971
Shamara over time
Rank among girls' names. Shamara has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #3,918 | 40 |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 |
| 2003 | #3,412 | 42 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 |
| 1995 | #2,735 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,541 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,215 | 59 |
| 1990 | #2,029 | 66 |
| 1989 | #1,943 | 66 |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 |
| 1987 | #1,880 | 61 |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #1,991 | 51 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 |
| 1982 | #1,950 | 54 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shamara! It came in at #6,619, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2022–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shamara is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#609 · 1 in 5,323
- Louisiana#613 · 1 in 4,385
Best ever in a state: #509 in South Carolina, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #609 | 7 | 1 in 5,323 |
| Louisiana | #613 | 6 | 1 in 4,385 |
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See more about Shamara
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1986 at #1,866 (60 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,826 girls born in 1988 were named Shamara (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,866 in 1986, was only 1 in 28,592 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.7% of all girls named Shamara (526) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 181 | #2,430 (1979) | #3,944 |
| 1980s | 526 | #1,866 (1986) | #2,097 |
| 1990s | 503 | #2,029 (1990) | #2,588 |
| 2000s | 340 | #3,009 (2001) | #4,462 |
| 2010s | 94 | #6,904 (2010) | #11,335 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,464 (2021) | #14,582 |
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.
Shamara in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 28,502 of them was named Shamara, which outranked 85.8% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,860Sharron62
- #1,860Shawnda62
- #1,860Tristen62
- #1,880Shamara61
- #1,880Akilah61
- #1,880Analisa61
- #1,880Bryan61
- #1,899Ashanti60
- #1,899Bryana60
- #1,899Candance60
Tied with 18 names at #1,880; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.