Shamus
13
Peak · 1998
2022
Last seen
17
Years on list
118
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Shamus
Shamus is a rare UK boy's name. In 2024, fewer than three boys were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2022.
Shamus reached its peak in 1998, when 13 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,055 for UK boys that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 17 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 118 boys have been officially registered with the name Shamus in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 6 boys were registered with the name.