How Many People Are Named Shamir?
people named Shamir are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 202,479 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,726 babies named Shamir in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
54 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shamir, 12.4% were girls and 87.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shamir fell from 28.1% in the 1980s to 0% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shamir alive today is about 22 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shamir first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 1991, to 54 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shamir has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,558, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #4,834. Among girls, its best rank was #4,241, in 1987.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,834 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,558 (1983) | #4,241 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,668 in the 2000s | #7,354 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shamir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shamir were born in New York than in any other state: about 252 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shamir was given 9.2 times as often in New Jersey, 6.8 times in Pennsylvania and 6.3 times in New York.
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