Shmuel — #981 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shmuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,709 babies named Shmuel between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shmuel currently holds the #981 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 253 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shmuel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,849 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Shmuel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 2,937 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shmuel in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shmuel 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 5,709 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.