Shahmeer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shah-MEER
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,286 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Shahmeer is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “king, leader”. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Shahmeer mean?
Persian: shah 'king' + mir, from Arabic amir 'commander'
“king, leader”
Shah Mir founded the Shah Mir dynasty, the first Muslim dynasty to rule Kashmir, in 1339.
Is Shahmeer a girl's or a boy's name?
Shahmeer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shahmeer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,286th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 185% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Shahmeer, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shahmeer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were given Shahmeer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #1,286 for this spelling alone.
- Shahmeer 23
- Shahmir 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,225th in England and Wales.
Shahmeer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
How popular is Shahmeer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Shahmeer, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had more boys named Shahmeer than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Shahmeer in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shahmeer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
Names like Shahmeer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Umar, Zayaan, Hamza, Zayan, Zayd, Salaar, Abdullah, Amir, Ahmed, Ibrahim
Other spellings of Shahmeer
Shahmir
Names related to Shahmeer
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shahmeer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shahmeer, updated 20 October 2026.