Fewer than five US girls were named Shamari in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #2,074, reached in 2000. That year also had the most girls given the name: 80. For comparison, it was #7,221 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Shamari in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #2,385, reached in 1998. The most boys given the name in a single year was 41, in 2004. For comparison, it was #5,029 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Shamari in 45 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1979 with 7 babies. In all, 1,907 US babies have been given the name, 56% of them girls and 44% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 844 babies named Shamari.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 92 US girls were named Shamari; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 15.
Rarer spellings such as Shamaria, Shameria and Shamarie are summarised on this page.