# Shmuel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shmuel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Shmuley |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,972 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,972 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 345, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 142 | 1,234 |
| 2012 | 147 | 1,215 |
| 2013 | 187 | 1,034 |
| 2014 | 165 | 1,150 |
| 2015 | 200 | 1,016 |
| 2016 | 204 | 1,005 |
| 2017 | 222 | 942 |
| 2018 | 198 | 1,032 |
| 2019 | 203 | 1,027 |
| 2020 | 200 | 1,029 |
| 2021 | 205 | 1,048 |
| 2022 | 253 | 919 |
| 2023 | 246 | 927 |
| 2024 | 234 | 968 |
| 2025 | 256 | 923 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1,706 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,289 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Shmuel

- Shmuel Wosner, Austrian Haredi Rabbi (1913–2015)
- Shmuel Kamenetsky, American rabbi
- Rashbam, French rabbi

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.