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How popular is the name Shamus?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shamuses are alive today.
Shamus (male), a spelling of Seamus, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4790th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 1998, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1055th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Seamus you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Seamuses born in England and Wales are between 13 and 29, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Seamus - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Seamus.
How many babies are named Shamus each year?
Includes all spellings: Shamus, Seamus. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Shamus spelling rank?
Where does the Seamus spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Shamus most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Seamus, peaked in 1998, when 55 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Shamus spelling itself peaked in 1998, with 13 babies.
How many people are called Shamus?
At least 1,300 people named Shamus in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shamus?
Most living Shamuses are between 13 and 29; the most common age is about 27.
Is Shamus becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.