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.

Shamir*

#3,427 most common boys' name of all time · #8,346 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1975–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,427
Rank overall
#8,346 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,726
Since 2016
334
Peak year
1991 #1,860
Best rank
#1,561 1983
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Shamir first appears in 1975. 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
2025 — 21 21 #4,759
2024 — 29 29 #3,825
2023 — 22 22 #4,660
2022 — 27 27 #4,032
2021 — 40 40 #3,042
2020 — 40 40 #2,955
2019 — 40 40 #3,024
2018 — 33 33 #3,415
2017 — 33 33 #3,409
2016 — 49 49 #2,566
2015 — 43 43 #2,791
2014 — 30 30 #3,572
2013 — 31 31 #3,445
2012 — 33 33 #3,332
2011 — 44 44 #2,724
2010 5 49 54 #2,532
2009 5 34 39 #3,304
2008 — 48 48 #2,615
2007 7 35 42 #3,221
2006 7 47 54 #2,557
2005 6 35 41 #2,989
2004 8 40 48 #2,679
2003 8 43 51 #2,456
2002 — 41 41 #2,458
2001 6 44 50 #2,293
2000 6 42 48 #2,318
1999 11 39 50 #2,332
1998 6 35 41 #2,492
1997 8 24 32 #3,127
1996 6 23 29 #3,168
1995 — 21 21 #3,273
1994 — 31 31 #2,491
1993 5 32 37 #2,387
1992 12 39 51 #2,038
1991 11 43 54 #1,860
1990 11 27 38 #2,538
1989 12 37 49 #1,984
1988 9 36 45 #1,877
1987 20 29 49 #2,113
1986 5 12 17 #3,841
1985 9 15 24 #3,195
1984 17 24 41 #2,228
1983 14 39 53 #1,561
1982 — 12 12 #3,667
1981 — 11 11 #3,828
1980 — 5 5 #6,962
1975 — 5 5 #6,296