Shamel

Boy · recorded 1974–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1993best year

Most popular in 1993.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1974

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Shamel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19743
19756
19766
197710
197814
197914
198016
19818
198217
198314
198418
198520
198614
198719
198816
198919
199018
199118
199221
199321
199416
199517
199613
199716
199811
199911
200013
200112
20027
200311
200412
200510
20069
20079
20086
20099
20108
20117
20126
20139
20146
20157
20166
20174
20184
20214
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shamel isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#12,239
How rare
1 in 342,115 boys
Since 1974
1,020

Shamel was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1993, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shamel doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.