Shemar
#2,829 most common boys' name of all time · #6,811 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1994–2025
Rank among boys
#2,829
Rank overall
#6,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1994
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
2,382
Since 2016
229
Peak year
2001 #594
Best rank
#594 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 341/yr
Shemar first appears in 1994. 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 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,953 |
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,039 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,802 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,035 |
| 2021 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,975 |
| 2020 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 2019 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,271 |
| 2018 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,220 |
| 2017 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 2016 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,654 |
| 2015 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 2014 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 2013 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,838 |
| 2012 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2011 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,499 |
| 2010 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2009 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,321 |
| 2008 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,748 |
| 2007 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,846 |
| 2006 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,768 |
| 2005 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,988 |
| 2003 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,610 |
| 2002 | — | 163 | 163 | #972 |
| 2001 | 6 | 335 | 341 | #594 |
| 2000 | — | 266 | 266 | #672 |
| 1999 | — | 179 | 179 | #849 |
| 1998 | — | 152 | 152 | #930 |
| 1997 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,074 |
| 1996 | — | 146 | 146 | #907 |
| 1995 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1994 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,802 |