Boys' name · since 1917
Amuel
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Amuel, peaking in 1983. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,260 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
28 boys have been named Amuel since 1917, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Amuel has 28 recorded births among boys since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1989.
- #26,260 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 28 born since 1917
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amuel ranks #26,260 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1917, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,260 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 28
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Amuel's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Amuel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amuel splits its recorded history at 1983: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1989
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Amuel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 64% of the file).
1980s was Amuel's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Amuel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Amuel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amuel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.