Shemuel — #12920 US boys' name
127 babies named Shemuel in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Shemuel was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shemuel in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shemuel
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Shemuel between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shemuel currently holds the #12920 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shemuel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shemuel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shemuel 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 127 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.
Shemuel at a glance
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Current rank
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Shemuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #12920 among boys.
127 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 11 births in a single year.
Shemuel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 60 births that decade — 47% of Shemuel's all-time total
Shemuel decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shemuel's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.