How Many People Are Named Shamus?
people named Shamus are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 200,813 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,778 babies named Shamus in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of SÉAMUS.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Shamus in English. Counting Shamus and these spellings together, about 2,236 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shamus in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shamus alive today is about 30 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shamus first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 2007, to 72 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shamus has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,165, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #8,799.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,799 |
| Best rank | #1,165 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,337 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shamus alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shamus were born in Massachusetts than in any other state: about 102 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shamus was given 16 times as often in Massachusetts, 4.7 times in Pennsylvania and 3.7 times in New York.
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