Shamarah — girls' name
33 babies named Shamarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
33 girls have been named Shamarah since 1990, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 33
- total births
- 1990–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Shamarah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Shamarah in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shamarah
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Shamarah between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shamarah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamarah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shamarah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shamarah 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 33 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.
Shamarah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shamarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
33 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Shamarah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 18 births that decade — 55% of Shamarah's all-time total
Shamarah decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shamarah's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% 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, 1990–2022 (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.