Shamyra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-MY-ra
- Origin
- Modern
Shamyra is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shamyra come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Myra
Is Shamyra a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamyra is a girls' name.
How popular is Shamyra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Shamyra in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shamyra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 36 | #4,267 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Shamyra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Safa, Aaliyah, Safiya, Salma, Summer, Shayla, Zaira, Amira, Aliya, Khadija, Zaniyah
Names related to Shamyra
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shamyra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shamyra, updated 20 October 2026.