Shmaye — boys' name
5 babies named Shmaye in U.S. Social Security records since 2025, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
5 boys have been named Shmaye since 2025, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 5
- total births
- 2025–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
100% of everyone ever named Shmaye was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Shmaye in 2025 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shmaye
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Shmaye between 2025 and 2025, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shmaye currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2025, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shmaye performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shmaye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shmaye 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 5 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.
Shmaye at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shmaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 5 births in a single year.
Shmaye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Shmaye's all-time total
Shmaye decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Shmaye's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Shmaye by state
Where Shmaye concentrates geographically — total births since 2025
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 100.0% |
5 of 5 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 100.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 100.0% 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, 2025–2025 (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.