Shahmir — #8018 US boys' name
48 babies named Shahmir in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Shahmir was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shahmir in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shahmir
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Shahmir between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shahmir currently holds the #8018 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shahmir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shahmir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shahmir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 48 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shahmir at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shahmir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #8018 among boys.
48 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 10 births in a single year.
Shahmir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 23 births that decade — 48% of Shahmir's all-time total
Shahmir decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shahmir's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.