Shaul — #4337 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shaul

The Social Security Administration has registered 706 babies named Shaul between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shaul currently holds the #4337 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaul performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shaul shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 331 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaul in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaul in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 706 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.