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Shmuel

Rank in 2024
#981
Born in 2024
229
Peak year
2022 · #912
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
00.050.10.1518801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 229 boys were named Shmuel, about 1 in every 7,490.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 253 babies, ranked #912.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1953.
  • 5,709 boys have been named Shmuel since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Shmuel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 63 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 330 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 958 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,847 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,511 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Yiddish שמואל (Shmuel), from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל (šəmūʾḗl).

  • A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Samuel.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Shmuel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Samuel

    Rank
    #17
    Born '24
    8,310
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20012024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sammuel

    Rank
    #3,526
    Born '24
    32
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20092024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Samual

    Rank
    #6,224
    Born '24
    14
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19972024