Shmiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHMEEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Shmiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “name of God; God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Shmiel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Samuel (Shmuel)
“name of God; God has heard”
A Yiddish form of Samuel, used mainly in Hasidic families.
Is Shmiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Shmiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shmiel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 boys.
Shmiel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
How popular is Shmiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Shmiel, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. It first appears in the records in 1959.
2025 had the most boys named Shmiel of any year since it first appeared, in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Shmiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shmiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
Names like Shmiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Zayd Ibrahim Zakariya Zayn Hamza Eesa Zayan Abdullah Ayyub Umar
Names related to Shmiel
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shmiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shmiel, updated 20 October 2026.