Shem

#5,683 most common boys' name of all time · #14,162 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1954–2025

Rank among boys

#5,683

Rank overall

#14,162 of 105,966

First appeared

1954

Years on the list

62 of 146

All-time

755

Since 2016

137

Peak year

1976 #2,096

Best rank

#2,096 1976

Girls Boys peak 23/yr

Shem first appears in 1954. 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	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	—	10	10	#7,782
2024	—	13	13	#6,551
2023	—	12	12	#6,982
2022	—	17	17	#5,489
2021	—	13	13	#6,413
2020	—	12	12	#6,714
2019	—	16	16	#5,622
2018	—	17	17	#5,380
2017	—	16	16	#5,595
2016	—	11	11	#7,246
2015	—	17	17	#5,345
2014	—	16	16	#5,534
2013	—	16	16	#5,462
2012	—	7	7	#9,885
2011	—	7	7	#9,812
2010	—	7	7	#9,885
2009	—	10	10	#7,826
2008	—	8	8	#9,185
2007	—	13	13	#6,346
2006	—	14	14	#5,860
2005	—	15	15	#5,338
2004	—	12	12	#6,228
2003	—	11	11	#6,360
2002	—	10	10	#6,654
2001	—	6	6	#9,495
2000	—	14	14	#5,115
1999	—	12	12	#5,404
1998	—	11	11	#5,578
1997	—	6	6	#8,398
1996	—	8	8	#6,657
1995	—	13	13	#4,605
1994	—	9	9	#6,021
1993	—	10	10	#5,495
1992	—	13	13	#4,406
1991	—	16	16	#3,709
1990	—	12	12	#4,510
1989	—	6	6	#7,288
1988	—	15	15	#3,443
1987	—	14	14	#3,430
1986	—	10	10	#4,280
1985	—	8	8	#4,891
1984	—	10	10	#4,059
1983	—	15	15	#3,003
1982	—	17	17	#2,778
1981	—	18	18	#2,632
1980	—	10	10	#3,984
1979	—	14	14	#3,103
1978	—	23	23	#2,110
1977	—	21	21	#2,248
1976	—	23	23	#2,096
1975	—	13	13	#3,006
1974	—	12	12	#3,061
1973	—	16	16	#2,486
1972	—	17	17	#2,308
1971	—	9	9	#3,559
1970	5	8	13	#3,741
1969	—	8	8	#3,522
1968	—	9	9	#3,062
1966	—	7	7	#3,481
1965	—	6	6	#3,836
1960	—	6	6	#3,969
1954	—	5	5	#4,350