How rare is the name Shamar?

5,039 people in the United States have the first name Shamar, about 1 in 59,939. It ranks #3,889 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHAMAR

#3,889

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,039
About
1 in 59,939
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,039 people named Shamar, 89.6% reported their origin as Black, 4.6% as two or more races and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shamar peaked in 2000, when 389 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
389
In 2025*
16 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,386 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shamar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,715. The largest share of babies named Shamar, 59.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#4,830235
1980s#2,687723
1990s#2,1861,381
2000s#1,7152,563
2010s#3,1601,191
2020s#5,779288
Generation X 1965–804.9%
Millennials 1981–9620.1%
Generation Z 1997–1259.2%
2013 and later15.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shamar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shamar has been most common in Maryland (3.4×), Florida (3.1×), and South Carolina (3.1×), and least common in California (0.39×).

4,394 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shamar

1 other first name also has 5,039 people.

#3,889 Langston · 5,039

Either side of Shamar

#3,888 Saba · 5,040#3,889 Langston · 5,039#3,891 Gray · 5,037#3,891 Kati · 5,037

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shamar, most common first.

#7,407 Shemar · 2,065#9,580 Shamir · 1,441#9,663 Shamari · 1,425#9,717 Shamara · 1,414#32,261 Shamarr · 262

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