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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Shemar 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 | — | #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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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 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#192 · 1 in 863
- District of Columbia#198 · 1 in 770
- South Carolina#228 · 1 in 1,209
- Connecticut#332 · 1 in 2,572
- Georgia#343 · 1 in 2,059
Best ever in a state: #192 in Mississippi, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #192 | 17 | 1 in 863 |
| District of Columbia | #198 | 6 | 1 in 770 |
| South Carolina | #228 | 17 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Connecticut | #332 | 7 | 1 in 2,572 |
| Georgia | #343 | 27 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Louisiana | #356 | 14 | 1 in 1,860 |
| New York | #362 | 45 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Florida | #363 | 40 | 1 in 2,245 |
| Maryland | #365 | 12 | 1 in 2,357 |
| North Carolina | #393 | 19 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Alabama | #447 | 8 | 1 in 3,016 |
| New Jersey | #476 | 12 | 1 in 4,012 |
| Illinois | #507 | 19 | 1 in 4,222 |
| Pennsylvania | #570 | 11 | 1 in 5,834 |
| Virginia | #581 | 8 | 1 in 5,097 |
| Tennessee | #613 | 6 | 1 in 5,959 |
| Ohio | #671 | 9 | 1 in 7,582 |
| Missouri | #673 | 5 | 1 in 6,685 |
| Indiana | #723 | 5 | 1 in 7,684 |
| Texas | #858 | 17 | 1 in 10,114 |
| California | #1,302 | 11 | 1 in 22,244 |
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See more about Shemar
- 847 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #7,679)
- 4,109 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #7,679)
- 5,114 spots since 2015 (#2,565 → #7,679)
- Biggest jump: 856 spots in 1996 (#1,758 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 621 spots in 2003 (#970 → #1,591)
- Debuted 1994
- Peaked 2001 at #594 (335 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1998–2002
- 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%)
- 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.
Shemar in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 300,104 of them was named Shemar, which outranked 24.8% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,056Zyair7
- #12,056Zyann7
- #12,056Zyanya7
- #13,521Shemar6
- #13,521Aaleah6
- #13,521Aalyssa6
- #13,521Aamira6
- #15,352Aakanksha5
- #15,352Aala5
- #15,352Aalaya5
Tied with 1,830 names at #13,521; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 5,800 of them was named Shemar, which outranked 95.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.