Shamara comes from the Arabic tradition, meaning Ready for battle.
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How popular is Shamara?
1989peak year
The name Shamara reached its peak in 1989, with 66 registrations (ranked #1960). It had only entered records 18 years earlier, in 1971. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #14428) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Shamara has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,660 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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