Shamel
Last seen for girls in 1996 at #11,807 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 86.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 37 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,020since 1974
Shamel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,324 | 13 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,334 | 17 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,808 | 19 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,860 | 23 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,512 | 24 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,219 | 26 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | — | #2,346 | 33 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #1,955 | 41 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #2,052 | 36 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #2,049 | 36 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,090 | 30 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | — | #1,672 | 37 | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,850 | 30 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Shamel! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2020, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Shamel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1985 at #1,672 (37 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 46,698 boys born in 1993 were named Shamel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,672 in 1985, was only 1 in 49,952 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.1% of all boys named Shamel (317) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 89 | #2,068 (1978) | #3,142 |
| 1980s | 297 | #1,672 (1985) | #2,019 |
| 1990s | 317 | #1,933 (1993) | #2,527 |
| 2000s | 197 | #3,219 (2000) | #4,510 |
| 2010s | 108 | #5,171 (2013) | #6,947 |
| 2020s | 12 | #9,714 (2021) | #10,977 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shamel in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 184,479 of them was named Shamel, which outranked 44.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,319Yaneth10
- #6,319Yohanna10
- #6,319Yumi10
- #6,789Shamel9
- #6,789Abeni9
- #6,789Adair9
- #6,789Addy9
- #7,418Adah8
- #7,418Adana8
- #7,418Adenike8
Tied with 628 names at #6,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 63,713 of them was named Shamel, which outranked 73.1% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,910Vernell29
- #1,910Veronica29
- #1,910Woody29
- #1,965Shamel28
- #1,965Aidan28
- #1,965Allison28
- #1,965Amon28
- #2,003Alen27
- #2,003Ara27
- #2,003Arvin27
Tied with 37 names at #1,965; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.