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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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First appearance
1981
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.
Where Shamari is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shamari in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shamari
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2000 at #2,055 (80 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,700
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 48.4% of all girls named Shamari (515) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2020
- 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.
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