Shammah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAM-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Shammah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord is there”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Shammah mean?
Hebrew: biblical; also from the title Jehovah-Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35)
“the Lord is there”
In the Bible, Shammah is a brother of King David and also one of David's mighty warriors.
Is Shammah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shammah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shammah in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 3 boys.
Shammah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Shammah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Shammah, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1978, with 7 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Shammah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shammah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
Names like Shammah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Abdullah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Ahmed, Zayan, Zayd, Mustafa, Salah, Musab, Ayyub
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Shammah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shammah, updated 20 October 2026.