Shmiel

boys:

844 births since 1959

#3743 (18th percentile)

overall:

844 births since 1959

#6895 (11th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Shmiel is the #6,895 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 844 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,743 (18.3% percentile) for all time with 844 births since 1959.

Shmiel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for boys in 1959). Birth data for Shmiel is available in 35 out of the 65 years between 1959 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, Shmiel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #864) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shmiel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #864 (5.2% percentile) with 28 births per million.

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

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Key Statistics

Total Births
844
Peak Births
52
Peak Year
2023
First Recorded
1959
Peak Percentile
5.2%
Current Percentile
5.2%
Peak Rank
#864
Current Rank
#864
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Shmiel

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shmiel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 71.4% confident that Shmiel is pronounced as shmeel, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHMEE-uhl, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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71.4%
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28.6%
shmeel (1 syllable)
71.4% confidence
SH M IY1 L
SHMEE-uhl (2 syllables)
28.6% confidence
SH M IY1 AH0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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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.

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