Shemar
Boy · sheh-MAR · Modern
Shemar is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Shemar come from?
Modern: American coinage, perhaps Jamar with a Sh- start
- Say it
- sheh-MAR
Is Shemar a girl's or a boy's name?
Shemar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shemar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shemar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shemar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Shemar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Shemar, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 335 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had the fewest boys named Shemar since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Shemar in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shemar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 79 | #1,830 |
| 2006 | 79 | #1,758 |
| 2005 | 77 | #1,722 |
| 2004 | 61 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 163 | #969 |
| 2001 | 335 | #594 |
| 2000 | 266 | #670 |
| 1999 | 179 | #842 |
| 1998 | 152 | #926 |
| 1997 | 119 | #1,063 |
| 1996 | 146 | #900 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
Names like Shemar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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