Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Samel

#17,761 most common boys' name of all time · #46,463 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–1984

Rank among boys
#17,761
Rank overall
#46,463 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
69
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1920 #3,462
Best rank
#3,351 1931
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
1920194019601980

Samel first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1984 — 5 5 #6,538
1983 — 8 8 #4,623
1976 — 6 6 #5,150
1934 — 6 6 #3,595
1931 — 7 7 #3,351
1930 — 6 6 #3,925
1928 — 5 5 #4,563
1927 — 6 6 #4,113
1921 — 5 5 #4,775
1920 — 8 8 #3,462
1918 — 7 7 #3,719