Boys' name · since 1984
Shamaar
Shamaar has 34 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
34 boys have been named Shamaar since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shamaar has 34 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2012.
- #24,995 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 34 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamaar ranks #24,995 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 34
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shamaar's 34 recorded births place it above 44.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamaar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shamaar's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shamaar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2012
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shamaar by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
2000s was Shamaar's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shamaar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Shamaar's decade-level peak was the 2000s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamaar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shamaar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.