Shamell**
#11,913 most common boys' name of all time · #30,513 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1976–2012 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,913
Rank overall
#30,513 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
23 of 146
All-time
193
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1988 #5,076
Best rank
#4,456 1989
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Shamell first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,749 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,651 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,440 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,455 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,774 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,405 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,673 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #6,518 |
| 1992 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #6,418 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,250 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,837 |
| 1989 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,456 |
| 1988 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,076 |
| 1987 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,312 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #4,940 |
| 1981 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #5,348 |
| 1980 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,967 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,780 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |