Shamar
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#5608
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
16
boys 16
Peak year
2000
383 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
6,386
since 1969
Born a Shamar? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shamar was most popular in 2000, when 383 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.20 per 1,000). In 2025, 16 babies were named Shamar, ranking #5608 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 60%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 16 | 5608 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 36 | 3272 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 42 | 2952 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 64 | 2243 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 61 | 2277 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 69 | 2046 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 85 | 1805 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 101 | 1617 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 94 | 1681 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 91 | 1706 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 120 | 1427 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 101 | 1564 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 124 | 1361 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 140 | 1258 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 146 | 1206 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 189 | 1023 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 161 | 1138 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 219 | 926 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 209 | 946 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | 254 | 805 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 235 | 809 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 199 | 876 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | 223 | 788 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 292 | 650 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12056 | 363 | 570 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | 383 | 552 |
| 1999 | 12 | 7716 | 295 | 617 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10122 | 238 | 701 |
| 1997 | 7 | 10836 | 183 | 799 |
| 1996 | 7 | 10567 | 161 | 860 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8766 | 110 | 1069 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 59 | 1564 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | 40 | 2007 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7512 | 62 | 1472 |
| 1991 | 10 | 7987 | 72 | 1325 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10193 | 84 | 1188 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6531 | 71 | 1294 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 48 | 1525 |
| 1987 | 12 | 5923 | 50 | 1439 |
| 1986 | 11 | 6156 | 67 | 1153 |
| 1985 | 8 | 7563 | 53 | 1321 |
| 1984 | 11 | 5899 | 58 | 1198 |
| 1983 | 14 | 4884 | 61 | 1153 |
| 1982 | 7 | 8224 | 76 | 1039 |
| 1981 | 10 | 6323 | 78 | 1029 |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | 63 | 1145 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 51 | 1291 |
| 1978 | 5 | 9750 | 42 | 1438 |
| 1977 | 9 | 6340 | 25 | 1948 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 21 | 2177 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9067 | 24 | 1948 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 12 | 2857 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 6 | 7388 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 7471 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 4% · boys 96% across all years