Shemar
Shemar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 594th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 2001335 births
- Best rank
- #594in 2001
- Since 1994
- 2,366people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,366 boys have been named Shemar in the United States since 1994, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 335 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 335 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 51%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Shemar was the 594th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Shemar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tyresepeak 1999
- Keyshawnpeak 2000
- Tyrekepeak 1999
- Christionpeak 1998
- Jalinpeak 2001
- Jaquezpeak 2002
- Keshonpeak 2000
- Jalonpeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.