Shamir is a rare variant of Shamar that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Shamir is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,835 for boy births in the United States (and #10,221 across all names), given to 21 babies. Shamir first appears in 1975 and peaked in 2010 (49 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,835 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,883 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,720 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | — | #4,074 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | — | #3,067 |
| 2020 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,968 |
| 2019 | 40 | 40 | — | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,432 |
| 2017 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,430 |
| 2016 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,583 |
| 2015 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,801 |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,604 |
| 2013 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,483 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,352 |
| 2011 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,735 |
| 2010 | 54 | 54 | #19,397 | #2,546 |
| 2009 | 39 | 39 | #19,742 | #3,321 |
| 2008 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,623 |
| 2007 | 42 | 42 | #15,224 | #3,237 |
| 2006 | 54 | 54 | #14,891 | #2,569 |
| 2005 | 41 | 41 | #16,116 | #3,007 |
| 2004 | 48 | 48 | #12,566 | #2,684 |
| 2003 | 51 | 51 | #12,222 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,465 |
| 2001 | 50 | 50 | #15,026 | #2,301 |
| 2000 | 48 | 48 | #14,709 | #2,322 |
| 1999 | 50 | 50 | #8,705 | #2,336 |
| 1998 | 41 | 41 | #13,822 | #2,497 |
| 1997 | 32 | — | #10,639 | #3,141 |
| 1996 | 29 | — | #13,189 | #3,186 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | — | #3,285 |
| 1994 | 31 | — | — | #2,490 |
| 1993 | 37 | — | #15,348 | #2,389 |
| 1992 | 51 | — | #7,435 | #2,035 |
| 1991 | 54 | — | #7,876 | #1,860 |
| 1990 | 38 | — | #7,775 | #2,544 |
| 1989 | 49 | — | #6,880 | #1,987 |
| 1988 | 45 | — | #8,263 | #1,878 |
| 1987 | 49 | — | #4,244 | #2,109 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #12,440 | #3,847 |
| 1985 | 24 | — | #7,438 | #3,196 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | #4,456 | #2,224 |
| 1983 | 53 | — | #5,091 | #1,559 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | — | #3,650 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | — | #3,818 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #7,124 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | — | #6,193 |