Shamel
Boy · sha-MEEL · Arabic
Shamel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “comprehensive, all-embracing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shamel mean?
Arabic: variant of Shamil
“comprehensive, all-embracing”
Variant of Shamil, from Arabic shamil, 'comprehensive'; Imam Shamil led the 19th-century Caucasian resistance to Russia.
- Say it
- sha-MEEL
Is Shamel a girl's or a boy's name?
Shamel is a boys' name.
How popular is Shamel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Shamel in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 47% of the babies named Shamel in the US in 1977, and 19% in 1996.
Shamel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 42 | #1,928 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 36 | #2,046 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 38 | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 30 | #2,085 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 37 | #1,671 |
| 1984 | 33 | #1,722 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
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