Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shamara

#5,057 most common girls' name of all time · #8,570 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2023

Rank among girls
#5,057
Rank overall
#8,570 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,660
Since 2016
51
Peak year
1989 #1,961
Best rank
#1,884 1986
Girls Boys peak 66/yr
198020002020

Shamara first appears in 1971. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 5 — 5 #15,684
2021 6 — 6 #13,828
2020 5 — 5 #15,566
2019 8 — 8 #11,619
2018 7 — 7 #12,755
2017 9 — 9 #10,939
2016 11 — 11 #9,593
2015 5 — 5 #16,947
2014 6 — 6 #14,955
2013 8 — 8 #12,266
2012 10 — 10 #10,640
2011 12 — 12 #9,313
2010 18 — 18 #7,004
2009 22 — 22 #6,165
2008 14 — 14 #8,653
2007 40 — 40 #3,942
2006 33 — 33 #4,397
2005 39 — 39 #3,773
2004 36 — 36 #3,938
2003 42 — 42 #3,436
2002 37 — 37 #3,620
2001 47 — 47 #3,030
2000 30 — 30 #4,140
1999 54 — 54 #2,630
1998 45 — 45 #2,915
1997 38 — 38 #3,137
1996 40 — 40 #3,000
1995 44 — 44 #2,774
1994 49 — 49 #2,571
1993 47 — 47 #2,628
1992 61 — 61 #2,208
1991 59 — 59 #2,236
1990 66 — 66 #2,045
1989 66 — 66 #1,961
1988 64 — 64 #1,928
1987 61 — 61 #1,896
1986 60 — 60 #1,884
1985 43 — 43 #2,350
1984 51 — 51 #2,014
1983 37 — 37 #2,506
1982 54 — 54 #1,963
1981 57 — 57 #1,911
1980 33 — 33 #2,794
1979 38 — 38 #2,475
1978 33 — 33 #2,624
1977 31 — 31 #2,709
1976 19 — 19 #3,664
1975 17 — 17 #3,934
1974 14 — 14 #4,433
1973 11 — 11 #5,160
1972 11 — 11 #5,090
1971 7 — 7 #7,360