Shamar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shamar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shamar: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,519 in 2002, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1519highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
2000	#3036
2001	#1949
2002	#1519
2003	#1771
2004	#3009
2005	#1991
2006	#1643
2007	#1578
2008	#3158
2010	#2629
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#3315
2014	#4632
2015	#3373
2016	#3478
2017	#3040
2021	#4789
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1519 among boys in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shamar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shamar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1519 in England and Wales in 2002.

Shamar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1643	11	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,519, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Crispin · #1519, 20y
Gurvir · #1519, 26y
Mace · #1519, 26y
Yusaf · #1519, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aneirin · #1519, 27y
Crispin · #1519, 20y
Gurvir · #1519, 26y
Ilhan · #1519, 27y

Shamar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shamar without appearing here.

Shamar moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3009 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1643 and #4052.
Kerry Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3009 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1578 and #3589.
Brooke Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Graeme Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4632 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Shamar

Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Arne Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3478 and #4023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2493.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1578 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #1294.
Matheo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #3017.

Moved the opposite way to Shamar

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shamar

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shamar went from #2863 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1519 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shamar

Shamar at a glance

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Popularity journey

Shamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Shamar at a glance

Shamar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shamar and the names beside it

Shamar moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shamar

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