# Shamar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shamar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,386 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,137 / 249 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 12 | 6,257 |
| 1989 | 12 | 6,878 |
| 1990 | 7 | 11,164 |
| 1991 | 10 | 8,487 |
| 1992 | 11 | 7,957 |
| 1993 | 6 | 13,137 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,415 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,576 |
| 1997 | 7 | 11,873 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,965 |
| 1999 | 12 | 8,143 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,708 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,233 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,949 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,890 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 146 | 1,208 |
| 2012 | 140 | 1,263 |
| 2013 | 124 | 1,368 |
| 2014 | 101 | 1,575 |
| 2015 | 120 | 1,433 |
| 2016 | 91 | 1,719 |
| 2017 | 94 | 1,693 |
| 2018 | 101 | 1,623 |
| 2019 | 85 | 1,812 |
| 2020 | 69 | 2,063 |
| 2021 | 61 | 2,297 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,265 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,994 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,325 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,811 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 8 | 1,991 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1,643 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,578 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Shamar

- Shamar Sands, Bahamian athletics competitor (born 1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.