Shamar Boy
How popular is Shamar?
#5,606 boy name in 2025
16 baby boys were named Shamar in the US in 2025, making it the 5606th most popular boy name.
Shamar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,606 for boys (▼ 2336 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-87% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,427 in 2015, #2,046 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (383 boys) |
| Highest rank | #552 in 2000 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shamar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shamar family of names ranked #2,360 for boys in 2025 (#1,706 the year before), with 42 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shamar | 16 | 38% |
| Shamir | 21 | 50% |
| Shahmir | 5 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shamar is most popular
Babies named Shamar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Shamar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 191 | #1,291 |
| 1980s | 625 | #1,029 |
| 1990s | 1,304 | #616 |
| 2000s | 2,538 | #552 |
| 2010s | 1,191 | #1,023 |
| 2020s | 288 | #2,046 |
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Questions
- Is Shamar a boy or girl name?
- Shamar is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shamar were boys.
- How popular is the name Shamar?
- 16 baby boys were named Shamar in the US in 2025, making it the 5606th most popular boy name.
- When was Shamar most popular?
- Shamar peaked in 2000, when 383 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #552 in 2000.
- How many people are named Shamar?
- 6,386 babies have been named Shamar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,244 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Shamar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shamar was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.