Shamar
#1,496 most common boys' name of all time · #3,635 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1969–2025
Rank among boys
#1,496
Rank overall
#3,635 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
6,386
Since 2016
659
Peak year
2000 #552
Best rank
#552 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 389/yr
Shamar first appears in 1969. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,304 |
| 2023 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,971 |
| 2022 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,255 |
| 2021 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,056 |
| 2019 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,812 |
| 2018 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,622 |
| 2017 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,686 |
| 2016 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,716 |
| 2015 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,429 |
| 2014 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,572 |
| 2013 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,364 |
| 2012 | — | 140 | 140 | #1,263 |
| 2011 | — | 146 | 146 | #1,208 |
| 2010 | — | 189 | 189 | #1,026 |
| 2009 | — | 161 | 161 | #1,140 |
| 2008 | — | 219 | 219 | #928 |
| 2007 | — | 209 | 209 | #947 |
| 2006 | 7 | 254 | 261 | #805 |
| 2005 | — | 235 | 235 | #809 |
| 2004 | — | 199 | 199 | #876 |
| 2003 | 5 | 223 | 228 | #788 |
| 2002 | — | 292 | 292 | #650 |
| 2001 | 7 | 363 | 370 | #570 |
| 2000 | 6 | 383 | 389 | #552 |
| 1999 | 12 | 295 | 307 | #619 |
| 1998 | 8 | 238 | 246 | #701 |
| 1997 | 7 | 183 | 190 | #805 |
| 1996 | 7 | 161 | 168 | #865 |
| 1995 | 9 | 110 | 119 | #1,075 |
| 1994 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,572 |
| 1993 | 6 | 40 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1992 | 11 | 62 | 73 | #1,486 |
| 1991 | 10 | 72 | 82 | #1,334 |
| 1990 | 7 | 84 | 91 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 12 | 71 | 83 | #1,306 |
| 1988 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1987 | 12 | 50 | 62 | #1,461 |
| 1986 | 11 | 67 | 78 | #1,159 |
| 1985 | 8 | 53 | 61 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #1,209 |
| 1983 | 14 | 61 | 75 | #1,165 |
| 1982 | 7 | 76 | 83 | #1,049 |
| 1981 | 10 | 78 | 88 | #1,036 |
| 1980 | 13 | 63 | 76 | #1,153 |
| 1979 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #1,301 |
| 1978 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #1,450 |
| 1977 | 9 | 25 | 34 | #1,999 |
| 1976 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,232 |
| 1975 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,999 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #3,784 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,997 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,328 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | — |