How Many People Are Named Shamel?
people named Shamel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 302,197 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,175 babies named Shamel in Social Security records from 1974 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shamel, 13.3% were girls and 86.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shamel fell from 26.4% in the 1970s to 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shamel alive today is about 32 years old, and 63% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shamel first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 1993, to 57 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Shamel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,693, in 1985. Among girls, its best rank was #4,604, in 1977.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,693 (1985) | #4,604 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,442 in the 1990s | #8,327 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shamel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shamel were born in New York than in any other state: about 692 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shamel was given about 14.4 times as often in New York.
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