Is Shamari a boy or girl name?

Shamari is a unisex name. Of the 1,907 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 55.7% were girls and 44.3% were boys. It changed hands in 2020, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Shamari

Recorded 1979–2024 · United States

Shamari was most popular in 2000, when 118 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,662 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,907 people named Shamari.

Shamari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shamari’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shamari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shamari is a unisex name — 55.7% of the 1,907 Americans given it were girls and 44.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 41% girls and 59% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Shamari

Where Shamari is most concentrated

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