Shmeil — #10626 US boys' name
38 babies named Shmeil in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 25% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Shmeil was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shmeil in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shmeil
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Shmeil between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shmeil currently holds the #10626 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shmeil performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shmeil shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shmeil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shmeil 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.
Shmeil at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shmeil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #10626 among boys.
38 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 9 births in a single year.
Shmeil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 22 births that decade — 58% of Shmeil's all-time total
Shmeil decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Shmeil's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Shmeil by state
Where Shmeil concentrates geographically — total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 38 | 100.0% |
38 of 38 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, 2014–2024 (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.