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.
37% of everyone ever named Zamuel was born in this single decade.
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 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zamuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999
- Peak year (2001)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
19 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 7 births in a single year.
Zamuel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 37% of Zamuel's all-time total
Zamuel decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Zamuel's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Zamuel by state
Where Zamuel concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 26.3% |
5 of 19 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 26.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.3% 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, 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.