girls:
249 births since 1969
#5467 (4th percentile)
boys:
6.1k births since 1972
#1509 (67th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1969
#3410 (56th percentile)
The name Shamar is the #3,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,332 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 55.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,509 (67.1% percentile) for all time with 6,083 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,467 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 249 births since 1969.
Shamar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Shamar is available in 54 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (52 years for boys and 30 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shamar has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.1% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for girls (70.8% girls from 1969 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.3% boys from 1973 to 2023).
For boys, Shamar reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 39.9% percentile (ranked #490) with 183 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 183 births per million (ranked 39.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Shamar ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 12.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shamar reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #814) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shamar".
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