Shem Popularity by Year
Follow Shem across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shem birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Down 1,210 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 13 | #6,469 | Up 428 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 12 | #6,897 | Down 1,452 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 17 | #5,445 | Up 890 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 13 | #6,335 | Up 285 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 12 | #6,620 | Down 1,065 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 16 | #5,555 | Down 235 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 17 | #5,320 | Up 206 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 16 | #5,526 | Up 1,631 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 11 | #7,157 | Down 1,868 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 17 | #5,289 | Up 196 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 16 | #5,485 | Down 81 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 16 | #5,404 | Up 4,305 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 7 | #9,709 | Down 109 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Up 93 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 7 | #9,693 | Down 2,001 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Up 1,327 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Down 2,757 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 13 | #6,262 | Down 481 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 14 | #5,781 | Down 503 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 15 | #5,278 | Up 860 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 12 | #6,138 | Up 120 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 11 | #6,258 | Up 264 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 10 | #6,522 | Up 2,721 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 4,203 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 14 | #5,040 | Up 277 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 12 | #5,317 | Up 149 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 11 | #5,466 | Up 2,644 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Down 1,614 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 8 | #6,496 | Down 1,988 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 13 | #4,508 | Up 1,360 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 9 | #5,868 | Down 508 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 10 | #5,360 | Down 1,033 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 13 | #4,327 | Down 691 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 16 | #3,636 | Up 771 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 12 | #4,407 | Up 2,534 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Down 3,591 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 15 | #3,350 | Down 11 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 14 | #3,339 | Up 791 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 10 | #4,130 | Up 568 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 8 | #4,698 | Down 773 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 10 | #3,925 | Down 1,013 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 15 | #2,912 | Down 203 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 17 | #2,709 | Down 140 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 18 | #2,569 | Up 1,269 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 10 | #3,838 | Down 820 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 14 | #3,018 | Down 950 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 23 | #2,068 | Up 134 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 21 | #2,202 | Down 148 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 23 | #2,054 | Up 848 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 13 | #2,902 | Up 44 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 12 | #2,946 | Down 541 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 16 | #2,405 | Down 162 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 17 | #2,243 | Up 1,127 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 151 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Down 207 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 5 | #7,995 | — |
| 1969 | Boys | 8 | #3,314 | Down 407 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 9 | #2,907 | Up 342 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 7 | #3,249 | Up 288 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 128 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 6 | #3,665 | Up 162 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 5 | #3,827 | — |