How Many People Are Named Shemar?
people named Shemar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 146,061 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,382 babies named Shemar in Social Security records from 1994 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
341 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Shemar (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shemar alive today is about 21 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shemar first appears in the records in 1994 and was given most often in 2001, to 341 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1994 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shemar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #594, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #8,144.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,144 |
| Best rank | #594 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,271 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shemar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shemar were born in New York than in any other state: about 281 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shemar was given 4.5 times as often in South Carolina, 3.9 times in Louisiana and 3.3 times in Florida.
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