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 | ||
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| 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.
Where Shamel is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#428 · 1 in 4,487
Best ever in a state: #396 in New York, 1985.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #428 | 28 | 1 in 4,487 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 347,726 of them was named Shamel, which outranked 14.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,938 names at #11,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 53,342 of them was named Shamel, which outranked 77.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,793Rishi36
- #1,793Shae36
- #1,793Zachry36
- #1,829Shamel35
- #1,829Alicia35
- #1,829Antuan35
- #1,829Antwoine35
- #1,864Alexandra34
- #1,864Anselmo34
- #1,864Augustin34
Tied with 34 names at #1,829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.