Shmuel

“Variant of Samuel — Name of God; also glossed 'God has set' or 'asked of God'” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #923 in the US (2025) · Trending

Shmuel is climbing: on the charts since 1953, it is ranked #923 in 2025, with about 260 boys given the name last year. Roughly 6,000 have carried it all-time. In New Jersey and New York it runs 7–16× its national rate and ranks #96 in New Jersey.

Around the world: about 1 in 14,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Shmuels

Shmuel Yosef Agnon — Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1970)
Shmuel Eisenstadt — Israeli sociologist (1923–2010)
Shmuel Rosenthal — Israeli footballer
Shmuel Katz — Israeli writer, journalist and historian (1914–2008)
Shmuel Gonen — Israeli general

What Shmuels become

Among 242 notable people named Shmuel:

Military figures appear 3.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shmuel Gonen, Israeli general.

Similar names: Shmiel · Yitzchok · Avi · Yisroel · Jael · Ismail

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