Shamus
Shamus is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 200772 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1959
- 1,768people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,768 boys have been named Shamus in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 72 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 72 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Shamus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Shamus
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dathanpeak 2005
- Dameonpeak 1977
- Damionpeak 2002
- Jamonpeak 1999
- Christoferpeak 2007
- Taitpeak 2007
- Damenpeak 2003
- Leshawnpeak 1976
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.