Shemar
- Last seen for girls in 2001 at #13,521
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 335 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,376since 1994
Shemar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Shemar has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,912 | 27 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,570 | 30 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,153 | 18 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,171 | 36 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,249 | 35 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,565 | 48 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,705 | 44 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,804 | 41 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,714 | 28 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,478 | 50 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,212 | 59 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,274 | 34 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,717 | 45 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,830 | 79 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,758 | 79 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,725 | 77 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,974 | 61 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,591 | 79 | |
| 2002 | — | #970 | 163 | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #594 | 335 |
| 2000 | — | #671 | 266 | |
| 1999 | — | #844 | 179 | |
| 1998 | — | #927 | 152 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,065 | 119 | |
| 1996 | — | #902 | 146 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,758 | 50 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
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First appearance
1994
The first year at least five boys were named Shemar! It came in at #4,537, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
Where Shemar is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Shemar in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shemar
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 4,109 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 856 spots in 1996
- Biggest drop: 621 spots in 2003
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2001 at #594 (335 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1998–2002
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,800
- Highest: 1 in 5,800 boys born in 2001 were named Shemar (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 51.3% of all boys named Shemar (1,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 659 | #844 (1999) | #1,672 |
| 2000s | 1,218 | #594 (2001) | #1,710 |
| 2010s | 389 | #2,212 (2010) | #3,165 |
| 2020s | 110 | #3,570 (2020) | #5,589 |
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.
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