Shem
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#7679
recorded as boys
Down 1,210 since 2024
Babies in 2025
10
boys 10
Peak year
1976
23 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
755
since 1954
Born a Shem? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Shem was most popular in 1976, when 23 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Shem, ranking #7679 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 17%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 10 | 7679 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 13 | 6469 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 12 | 6897 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 17 | 5445 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 13 | 6335 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 12 | 6620 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 16 | 5555 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 17 | 5320 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 16 | 5526 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 11 | 7157 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 17 | 5289 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 16 | 5485 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 16 | 5404 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 7 | 9600 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 10 | 7692 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 8 | 9019 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 14 | 5781 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 15 | 5278 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 12 | 6138 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 11 | 6258 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 14 | 5040 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 12 | 5317 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 6 | 8110 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 10 | 5360 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 13 | 4327 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 16 | 3636 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 12 | 4407 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 6 | 6941 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 15 | 3350 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 14 | 3339 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 10 | 4130 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 15 | 2912 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 17 | 2709 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 18 | 2569 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 14 | 3018 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 23 | 2068 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 21 | 2202 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 23 | 2054 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 13 | 2902 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 16 | 2405 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 17 | 2243 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | 5 | 7995 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 9 | 2907 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 7 | 3249 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 5 | 3827 |
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Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years