Unisex name · since 1981
Shamari
Shamari has 1,063 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,063
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shamari is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,063 have been recorded since 1981.
Shamari has 1,063 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1981 to 2024.
- #7,191 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,063 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamari ranks #7,191 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,063 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,191 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,063
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Shamari's 1,063 recorded births place it above 90.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
Shamari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shamari splits its recorded history at 2005: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 80 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shamari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2024
- Peak year (2000)
- 80
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Shamari popularity over time - boys
844 total births recorded since 1979 (Shamari as boys' name)
Shamari by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (515 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Shamari's strongest decade.
515 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shamari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
293 births
- 2000s
2000s
515 births
- 2010s 185
2010s
185 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 515 births (48% of all-time use).
How Shamari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shamari's total volume
Shamari by state
Where Shamari concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 63 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 31 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 29 | 2.7% |
| #4 | California | | 27 | 2.5% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 18 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.9% |
63 of 1,063 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Shamari appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shamari's data
- Shamari's decade-level peak was the 2000s (515 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Shamaris (63 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1981–2024 (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 Shamari 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.