Boys' name · since 1912
Simuel
360 babies named Simuel in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,604 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 360
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
360 boys have been named Simuel since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Simuel has 360 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1998.
- #9,604 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 360 born since 1912
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Simuel ranks #9,604 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 360 born since 1912, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,604 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 360
- born since 1912
- 1950s
- peak decade
Simuel's 360 recorded births place it above 78.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Simuel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Simuel's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Simuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1998
- Peak year (1917)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
Simuel by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (67 births, 19% of the file).
1950s was Simuel's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Simuel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
62 births
- 1920s
1920s
44 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
43 births
- 1950s
1950s
67 births
- 1960s
1960s
35 births
- 1970s
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 67 births (19% of all-time use).
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What to do with Simuel's data
- Simuel's decade-level peak was the 1950s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Simuel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~86 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1912–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Simuel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.