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How popular is “Shmuel” in the USA?

Number of people named “Shmuel” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Shmuel” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Shmuel” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Shmuel” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Shmuel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Shmuel” by birth year

This chart shows how “Shmuel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1953 7 0.000001816 7 -100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1960 11 0.000002648 11 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 -100%
1964 6 0.000001543 6 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 -100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 -100%
1972 19 0.000006045 19 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 27 0.000008882 27 -100%
1975 31 0.000010267 31 -100%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 -100%
1979 36 0.000010821 36 -100%
1980 32 0.00000929 32 -100%
1981 44 0.000012719 44 -100%
1982 43 0.000012258 43 -100%
1983 52 0.000015014 52 -100%
1984 55 0.000015765 55 -100%
1985 49 0.000013729 49 -100%
1986 48 0.000013494 48 -100%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 -100%
1988 63 0.00001705 63 -100%
1989 61 0.000015867 61 -100%
1990 55 0.000013915 55 -100%
1991 64 0.00001643 64 -100%
1992 71 0.000018483 71 -100%
1993 75 0.000019892 75 -100%
1994 62 0.000016677 62 -100%
1995 79 0.000021572 79 -100%
1996 65 0.000017822 65 -100%
1997 70 0.000019306 70 -100%
1998 86 0.000023381 86 -100%
1999 96 0.000025989 96 -100%
2000 84 0.000022223 84 -100%
2001 96 0.000025645 96 -100%
2002 93 0.000024878 93 -100%
2003 90 0.00002367 90 -100%
2004 108 0.000028265 108 -100%
2005 108 0.00002809 108 -100%
2006 128 0.000032354 128 -100%
2007 141 0.00003527 141 -100%
2008 141 0.000035872 141 -100%
2009 135 0.000035339 135 -100%
2010 182 0.000049246 182 -100%
2011 142 0.000038821 142 -100%
2012 147 0.000040193 147 -100%
2013 187 0.000051294 187 -100%
2014 165 0.000044518 165 -100%
2015 199 0.000053771 199 -100%
2016 204 0.000055606 204 -100%
2017 222 0.000062077 222 -100%
2018 198 0.000056316 198 -100%
2019 203 0.000058486 203 -100%
2020 200 0.00005987 200 -100%
2021 205 0.000060509 205 -100%
2022 253 0.000074783 253 -100%
2023 246 0.000074293 246 -100%
2024 229 0.0000688 229 -100%

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