Shamar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sha-MAR
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Shamar is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
Where does Shamar come from?
Modern: American coinage, perhaps influenced by Hebrew shamar 'to guard'
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Is Shamar a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shamar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shamar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Shamar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Shamar, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 383 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Shamar than any year since 1974.
Half of all the boys named Shamar in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 26% of the babies named Shamar in the US in 1977, and 3% in 2006.
Shamar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,276 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 85 | #1,805 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,617 |
| 2017 | 94 | #1,681 |
| 2016 | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,427 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,564 |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,361 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,258 |
| 2011 | 146 | #1,206 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,023 |
| 2009 | 161 | #1,138 |
| 2008 | 219 | #926 |
| 2007 | 209 | #946 |
| 2006 | 254 | #805 |
| 2005 | 235 | #809 |
| 2004 | 199 | #875 |
| 2003 | 223 | #787 |
| 2002 | 292 | #650 |
| 2001 | 363 | #570 |
| 2000 | 383 | #552 |
| 1999 | 295 | #616 |
| 1998 | 238 | #701 |
| 1997 | 183 | #797 |
| 1996 | 161 | #858 |
| 1995 | 110 | #1,066 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 62 | #1,467 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,183 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,289 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,152 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,197 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,039 |
| 1981 | 78 | #1,029 |
| 1980 | 63 | #1,145 |
| 1979 | 51 | #1,291 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 25 | #1,948 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Shamar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umar Muhammad Ahmed Hamza Musa Abdullah Amir Ibrahim Mustafa Samir Syed Hassan
Names related to Shamar
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Shamar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamar, updated 20 October 2026.