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.

Shamus

#3,365 most common boys' name of all time · #8,197 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#3,365
Rank overall
#8,197 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
1,778
Since 2016
100
Peak year
2007 #1,960
Best rank
#1,167 1975
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
1960198020002020

Shamus first appears in 1959. 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 — 9 9 #8,376
2023 — 9 9 #8,397
2022 — 7 7 #10,008
2021 — 11 11 #7,186
2020 — 6 6 #10,865
2019 — 9 9 #8,351
2018 — 9 9 #8,300
2017 — 16 16 #5,600
2016 — 24 24 #4,234
2015 — 19 19 #4,937
2014 — 18 18 #5,113
2013 — 26 26 #3,896
2012 — 26 26 #3,931
2011 — 35 35 #3,190
2010 — 38 38 #3,034
2009 — 53 53 #2,418
2008 — 59 59 #2,245
2007 — 72 72 #1,960
2006 — 70 70 #1,931
2005 — 51 51 #2,305
2004 — 43 43 #2,539
2003 — 35 35 #2,809
2002 — 40 40 #2,488
2001 — 35 35 #2,709
2000 — 44 44 #2,241
1999 — 39 39 #2,317
1998 — 44 44 #2,110
1997 — 41 41 #2,142
1996 — 37 37 #2,236
1995 — 42 42 #2,006
1994 — 33 33 #2,369
1993 — 41 41 #1,990
1992 — 28 28 #2,565
1991 — 25 25 #2,719
1990 — 20 20 #3,116
1989 — 25 25 #2,584
1988 — 30 30 #2,127
1987 — 20 20 #2,688
1986 — 22 22 #2,482
1985 — 19 19 #2,671
1984 — 23 23 #2,271
1983 — 27 27 #1,999
1982 — 31 31 #1,841
1981 — 38 38 #1,600
1980 — 45 45 #1,425
1979 — 42 42 #1,455
1978 — 37 37 #1,560
1977 — 50 50 #1,264
1976 — 34 34 #1,599
1975 — 53 53 #1,167
1974 — 46 46 #1,242
1973 — 35 35 #1,462
1972 — 20 20 #2,062
1971 — 11 11 #3,097
1970 — 11 11 #3,041
1969 — 12 12 #2,672
1968 — 6 6 #4,037
1967 — 7 7 #3,499
1966 — 8 8 #3,222
1965 — 5 5 #4,327
1959 — 7 7 #3,612