Recorded 1980–2009 Boys' name Peak 1999 172 births

Shamond — boys' name

172 babies named Shamond in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s251990s802000s67
1990s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Shamond was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

19 babies were named Shamond in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Shamond

The Social Security Administration has registered 172 babies named Shamond between 1980 and 2009, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shamond currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shamond performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shamond shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shamond in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shamond 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 172 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.

Shamond at a glance

Last recorded 2009

Total births

172

Since 1980

30 years of records

Peak year

1999

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2009

Active since

1980

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2009

Shamond popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1980

Last recorded 2009
Peak year (1999)
19
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
05101520 20092005200219991996199219811980 5

Shamond by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
80 births that decade — 47% of Shamond's all-time total
1980s251990s802000s67

Shamond by state

Where Shamond concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Shamond
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 North Carolina
5 2.9%
North Carolina share of Shamond's total US births 2.9%

5 of 172 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Shamond?
172 babies have been named Shamond since 1980. It was last recorded in 2009. The peak year was 1999 with 19 births.
When was Shamond most popular?
Shamond was most popular in the 1990s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Shamond most popular?
The top states for the name Shamond are North Carolina (5 births).
How long has the name Shamond been used?
Shamond has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 30 years of data through 2009.
What names are similar to Shamond?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Shawn, Shane, Shaun, Shannon, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–2009 (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.