unisex name

Shalamar

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 320

Shalamar is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 74% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2006 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 46 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1966.

Shalamar over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2006, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Shalamar by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 11
1980s 227
1990s 49
2000s (to 2006) 25

How popular is Shalamar?

In 2006, Shalamar was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shalamar is used

England & Wales #5,454 3 in 2003
United States #12,126 9 in 2006

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shalamar

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shalamar also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shalamar over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shalamar

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shalamar — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shalamar

How popular is the name Shalamar?

In 2006, Shalamar was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shalamar a girl's or a boy's name?

Shalamar is used for both girls and boys. About 74% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Shalamar most popular?

Shalamar peaked in 1980, when 46 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.