Shaul

Popularity Trends

The name Shaul is the #7,058 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 681 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 8.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,906 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 681 births since 1973.

Shaul first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for boys in 1973). Birth data for Shaul is available in 47 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Shaul reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #902) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shaul ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 83.7% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaul".

1973 2023 19732023

Key Statistics

Total Births

681

Peak Births

Peak Year

2021

First Recorded

1973

Peak Percentile

3.0%

Current Percentile

2.4%

Peak Rank

#902

Current Rank

#889

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shaul", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Shaul.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Shaul's popularity from 1970 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Shaul at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Shaul range from Liana at 96.3% correlation to Yakov at 94.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 95.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Liana with 19.1K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Yakov with 3.0K births (100% boys).

Shaul's share of births peaked at 17.6 births per million for boys in 2021. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (15% of peak) in 1980. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Shaul had 14.7 births per million, 84% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Liana

19.1k

96.25% (very strong)

Yisroel

6,256

96.19% (very strong)

Rivka

9,153

95.42% (very strong)

Yosef

9,714

95.27% (very strong)

Alia

13k

95.26% (very strong)

Chava

3,275

95.24% (very strong)

Moshe

16.6k

95.19% (very strong)

Shimon

4,984

95.14% (very strong)

Avraham

4,546

95.10% (very strong)

Tzvi

3,834

95.09% (very strong)

Aryeh

3,197

95.06% (very strong)

Yakov

3,021

94.95% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Shaul

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Shaul. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Shaul is pronounced as shawl, which has 1 syllables.

shawl

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shawl (1 syllable)

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100.0% confidence

SH AO1 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like SH AO1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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