How Many People Are Named Shamar?
people named Shamar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,817 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,386 babies named Shamar in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
389 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shamar, 3.9% were girls and 96.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shamar fell from 18.7% in the 1970s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shamar alive today is about 23 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shamar first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2000, to 389 babies. In 2025, 16 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shamar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #552, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #5,809.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,809 |
| Best rank | #552 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #770 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shamar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shamar were born in New York than in any other state: about 811 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shamar was given 3.7 times as often in South Carolina, 3.1 times in Maryland and 3 times in New York.
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