Shemuel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sheh-MOO-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Shemuel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Shemuel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Samuel
“God has heard”
Samuel was the prophet who anointed Saul and then David as kings of Israel.
Is Shemuel a girl's or a boy's name?
Shemuel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shemuel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Shemuel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had more boys named Shemuel than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Shemuel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shemuel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Shemuel
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
- Shmuli
Names like Shemuel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaziel Aziel Azael Haziel Samuel Asaiah Eliel Azriel Salem Adriel Eliam Alijah
Names related to Shemuel
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shemuel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shemuel, updated 20 October 2026.