Unisex name · since 1979
Shamere
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 188 babies named Shamere, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamere is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 188 have been recorded since 1979.
Shamere has 188 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2008.
- #20,474 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 188 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shamere ranks #20,474 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 188 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,474 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 188
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shamere's 188 recorded births place it above 71.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shamere's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shamere's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shamere popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Shamere popularity over time - boys
105 total births recorded since 1991 (Shamere as boys' name)
Shamere by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (90 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Shamere's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shamere births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
90 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 90 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shamere's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2000s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shamere: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1979–2008 (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 Shamere 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.