girls:
6 births since 2001
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1994
#2605 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1994
#5456 (29th percentile)
The name Shemar is the #5,456 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,360 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 29.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,605 (43.2% percentile) for all time with 2,354 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2001.
Shemar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2001 for girls).
The name Shemar has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Shemar reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 36.5% percentile (ranked #524) with 162 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 162 births per million (ranked 36.5% percentile). Despite a low point around 2016, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Shemar ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 5.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shemar reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #897) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shemar".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shemar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shamar" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shamar..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shemar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.7% confident that Shemar is pronounced as shuh-MAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shih-MAHR, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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