Masculine dossier · first seen 1959

Shamus

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shamus
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2007

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Gen Z

1959Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,768

Shamus is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2007, when 72 boys were named Shamus.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,768 Americans have been named Shamus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1959.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2007

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