Recorded 1999–2014 Boys' name Peak 2001 19 births

Zamuel — boys' name

19 babies named Zamuel in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s72010s7
2000s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Zamuel was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

7 babies were named Zamuel in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zamuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Zamuel between 1999 and 2014, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zamuel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zamuel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zamuel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zamuel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zamuel 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 19 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.

Zamuel at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

19

Since 1999

16 years of records

Peak year

2001

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1999

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2014

Zamuel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2001)
7
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 201420011999 5

Zamuel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
7 births that decade — 37% of Zamuel's all-time total
1990s52000s72010s7

Zamuel by state

Where Zamuel concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zamuel
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 26.3%
California share of Zamuel's total US births 26.3%

5 of 19 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zamuel?
19 babies have been named Zamuel since 1999. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2001 with 7 births.
When was Zamuel most popular?
Zamuel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Zamuel most popular?
The top states for the name Zamuel are California (5 births).
How long has the name Zamuel been used?
Zamuel has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 16 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Zamuel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zamir, Zamari, Zamarion, Zamar, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1999–2014 (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.