Shmuel
#1,561 most common boys' name of all time · #3,783 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1953–2025
Rank among boys
#1,561
Rank overall
#3,783 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
5,972
Since 2016
2,221
Peak year
2025 #921
Best rank
#918 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 256/yr
Shmuel first appears in 1953. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 256 | 256 | #921 |
| 2024 | — | 234 | 234 | #967 |
| 2023 | — | 246 | 246 | #927 |
| 2022 | — | 253 | 253 | #918 |
| 2021 | — | 205 | 205 | #1,049 |
| 2020 | — | 200 | 200 | #1,030 |
| 2019 | — | 203 | 203 | #1,025 |
| 2018 | — | 198 | 198 | #1,029 |
| 2017 | — | 222 | 222 | #941 |
| 2016 | — | 204 | 204 | #1,003 |
| 2015 | — | 200 | 200 | #1,017 |
| 2014 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,031 |
| 2012 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,214 |
| 2011 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,232 |
| 2010 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,057 |
| 2009 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,300 |
| 2008 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,235 |
| 2007 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,241 |
| 2006 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,295 |
| 2005 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,385 |
| 2004 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,354 |
| 2003 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,456 |
| 2002 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,408 |
| 2001 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,349 |
| 2000 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,472 |
| 1999 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,281 |
| 1998 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,366 |
| 1997 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,501 |
| 1996 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,540 |
| 1995 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,323 |
| 1994 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,524 |
| 1993 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,317 |
| 1992 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,347 |
| 1991 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,428 |
| 1990 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,538 |
| 1989 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,406 |
| 1988 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,301 |
| 1987 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,135 |
| 1986 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,448 |
| 1985 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,409 |
| 1984 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,248 |
| 1983 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,290 |
| 1982 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,479 |
| 1981 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,448 |
| 1980 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,798 |
| 1979 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,621 |
| 1978 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,785 |
| 1977 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,988 |
| 1976 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,915 |
| 1975 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,651 |
| 1974 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,776 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,964 |
| 1972 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,137 |
| 1971 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,260 |
| 1970 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,045 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,017 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,057 |
| 1967 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1966 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,953 |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,948 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,280 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,585 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,315 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,676 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,392 |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,420 |