Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shaul

#5,810 most common boys' name of all time · #14,459 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among boys
#5,810
Rank overall
#14,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
730
Since 2016
265
Peak year
2021 #3,465
Best rank
#3,465 2021
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
198020002020

Shaul first appears in 1973. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 24 24 #4,306
2024 — 24 24 #4,363
2023 — 28 28 #3,934
2022 — 28 28 #3,925
2021 — 33 33 #3,465
2020 — 24 24 #4,188
2019 — 31 31 #3,601
2018 — 26 26 #4,035
2017 — 18 18 #5,176
2016 — 29 29 #3,721
2015 — 16 16 #5,594
2014 — 21 21 #4,613
2013 — 20 20 #4,697
2012 — 24 24 #4,175
2011 — 25 25 #4,048
2010 — 27 27 #3,845
2009 — 28 28 #3,779
2008 — 16 16 #5,589
2007 — 14 14 #6,039
2006 — 12 12 #6,617
2005 — 12 12 #6,370
2004 — 17 17 #4,876
2003 — 10 10 #6,920
2002 — 9 9 #7,290
2000 — 11 11 #6,092
1999 — 9 9 #6,737
1998 — 12 12 #5,307
1997 — 7 7 #7,601
1996 — 10 10 #5,750
1995 — 7 7 #7,321
1994 — 9 9 #6,118
1993 — 11 11 #5,206
1992 — 7 7 #6,992
1991 — 13 13 #4,384
1990 — 11 11 #4,856
1989 — 8 8 #5,980
1988 — 9 9 #5,040
1987 — 8 8 #5,285
1986 — 9 9 #4,725
1985 — 9 9 #4,592
1984 — 12 12 #3,650
1983 — 8 8 #4,788
1982 — 6 6 #6,099
1981 — 6 6 #5,988
1980 — 5 5 #6,878
1979 — 7 7 #5,227
1977 — 9 9 #4,108
1976 — 5 5 #6,178
1973 — 6 6 #5,083