Shemari — boys' name
11 babies named Shemari in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
11 boys have been named Shemari since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2007.
- 11
- total births
- 2002–2007
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shemari was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shemari in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shemari
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Shemari between 2002 and 2007, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shemari currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Shemari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shemari performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shemari 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 11 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.
Shemari at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shemari popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2002
- Peak year (2007)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
11 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 6 births in a single year.
Shemari popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1998 (Shemari as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Shemari accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shemari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 11 births that decade — 100% of Shemari's all-time total
Shemari decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Shemari's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2002–2007 (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.