Sheindel — girls' name
38 babies named Sheindel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
38 girls have been named Sheindel since 1976, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2001.
- 38
- total births
- 1976–2001
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Sheindel was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Sheindel in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sheindel
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Sheindel between 1976 and 2001, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sheindel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sheindel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sheindel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sheindel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sheindel 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 38 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.
Sheindel at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sheindel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1976
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
38 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 6 births in a single year.
Sheindel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 16 births that decade — 42% of Sheindel's all-time total
Sheindel decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sheindel's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Sheindel by state
Where Sheindel concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 31 | 81.6% |
31 of 38 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 81.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 81.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.