NameTides

Shulem

Shulem was the #1,942 boys' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Shulem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shulem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Shulem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,942 (79)#3,256 (6)—
2024#1,985 (78)#3,689 (5)#2,439 (7)
2023#1,765 (92)#4,108 (4)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,094 (71)#2,756 (7)#2,810 (5)
2021#2,173 (65)#3,990 (4)—
2020#2,190 (63)#2,228 (9)—
2019#2,228 (62)#2,488 (8)#2,440 (6)
2018#2,355 (56)#2,445 (8)#2,740 (5)
2017#2,597 (48)#3,449 (5)—
2016#2,412 (53)#3,478 (5)—
2015#2,528 (49)#3,004 (6)—
2014#2,230 (60)——
2013#2,461 (50)#3,315 (5)—
2012#2,380 (53)#3,416 (5)—
2011#2,376 (53)#3,300 (5)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,765.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shulem is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shulem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #263NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shulem (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShulemCanadaBoys—too few
ShulemEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
ShulemUSBoys#1,94279