Shmuel

Boy · recorded 1953–2025

  • #920in 2025
  • 1 in 6,672boys in 2025
  • +44%last ten years
  • 19.6×in New Jersey

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 44% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1953

07515019531971198920072025

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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 70 recorded years as a table
Shmuel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19534
19543
19552
19582
19605
19614
19623
19634
19643
19655
19665
19679
19685
19696
197011
197110
197212
19738
197417
197520
197617
197715
197818
197921
198018
198125
198224
198329
198430
198527
198626
198739
198833
198930
199027
199132
199236
199338
199432
199541
199634
199737
199845
199950
200043
200149
200248
200346
200454
200554
200662
200768
200869
200968
201095
201175
201277
201399
201486
2015104
2016107
2017120
2018109
2019113
2020116
2021117
2022145
2023144
2024136
2025150

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 19.6×
  2. New York 7.1×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
256
Rank in 2025
#920
How rare
1 in 6,672 boys
Since 1953
5,972

Most popular in 2025, at 150 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 44% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey19.6×337
New York7.1×262

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