Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Shamar was most popular in 2000, when 389 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,179 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,386 people named Shamar.
Shamar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 56 of the 57 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,386 American births named Shamar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,236 are estimated to be alive today.
16 American babies were named Shamar in 2025, ranking #11,831 that year.
Shamar is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 44 births a year, against 126 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -65% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Shamar is a boy’s name — 3.9% of the 6,386 Americans given it were girls and 96.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,236 Americans named Shamar are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 17 and 29. That is a narrow band: Shamar arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org