Shamal
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1996
13 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
172
since 1978
Born a Shamal? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Shamal was most popular in 1996, when 13 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Shamal in 2025. Not recorded since 2008.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 6 | 10151 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 10 | 6715 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 9 | 7055 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 9 | 6839 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 8 | 6843 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 13 | 4613 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 8 | 6407 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 7 | 6816 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 9 | 5660 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 12 | 4407 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 5 | 5772 |
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