Unisex name · since 1983
Shamair
Shamair has 16 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamair is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 1983.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamair has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1983.
- #49,187 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamair ranks #49,187 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #49,187 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamair's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamair popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Shamair popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2007 (Shamair as boys' name)
Shamair by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1980s was Shamair's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Shamair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1983–1983 (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 Shamair 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.