Shemar — #6999 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shemar

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,366 babies named Shemar between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shemar currently holds the #6999 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 335 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shemar performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,218 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shemar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 286 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shemar in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shemar 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 2,366 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.