Shamir Boy
How popular is Shamir?
#4,706 boy name in 2025
21 baby boys were named Shamir in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.
Shamir popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,706 for boys (▼ 915 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,765 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (49 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,533 in 1983 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| 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 |
Shamir 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 Shamir is most popular
Babies named Shamir per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Shamir by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1980s | 220 | #1,533 |
| 1990s | 314 | #1,817 |
| 2000s | 409 | #2,273 |
| 2010s | 385 | #2,510 |
| 2020s | 179 | #2,924 |
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Questions
- Is Shamir a boy or girl name?
- Shamir is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shamir were boys.
- How popular is the name Shamir?
- 21 baby boys were named Shamir in the US in 2025, making it the 4706th most popular boy name.
- When was Shamir most popular?
- Shamir peaked in 2010, when 49 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,533 in 1983.
- How many people are named Shamir?
- 1,726 babies have been named Shamir in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,691 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Shamir most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shamir 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.