Shaindel
Shaindel is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
- Yiddish
Meaning & Origin of Shaindel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shaindel is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yiddish
The Story of Shaindel
Shaindel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 43 Shaindels were born — ranking #3,552 that year. As of 2026, Shaindel ranks #4,953 for baby girls with 27 births, falling sharply (-23%). In total, more than 976 Shaindels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shaindel
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About the name Shaindel
Shaindel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 976 births in the dataset. Shaindel's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #3,552. Use the chart and map above to compare Shaindel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.