boys:
5.5k births since 1953
#1613 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1953
#3686 (52nd percentile)
The name Shmuel is the #3,686 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,476 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 52.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,613 (64.8% percentile) for all time with 5,476 births since 1953.
Shmuel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for boys in 1953). Birth data for Shmuel is available in 68 out of the 71 years between 1953 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, Shmuel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 26.4% percentile (ranked #680) with 135 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 135 births per million (ranked 26.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 1988, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Shmuel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #674 (26.0% percentile) with 133 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shmuel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shmuel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.3% confident that Shmuel is pronounced as SHMUE-ehl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHMUE-uhl, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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