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.

Sameul

#5,221 most common boys' name of all time · #12,972 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2017

Rank among boys
#5,221
Rank overall
#12,972 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
871
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1950 #1,672
Best rank
#1,086 1882
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
190019201940196019802000

Sameul first appears in 1882. 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
2017 — 7 7 #9,719
2008 — 8 8 #9,039
2007 — 5 5 #12,417
2005 — 7 7 #9,148
2004 — 6 6 #9,990
2003 — 5 5 #10,938
2002 — 5 5 #10,712
2001 — 9 9 #6,961
1999 — 8 8 #7,164
1998 — 10 10 #5,863
1997 — 8 8 #6,646
1996 — 5 5 #9,056
1995 — 8 8 #6,437
1993 — 8 8 #6,255
1992 — 7 7 #6,701
1991 — 5 5 #8,305
1990 — 13 13 #4,189
1989 — 15 15 #3,636
1988 — 17 17 #3,098
1987 — 11 11 #3,983
1986 — 11 11 #3,911
1985 — 12 12 #3,622
1984 — 13 13 #3,287
1983 — 16 16 #2,803
1982 — 9 9 #4,266
1981 — 12 12 #3,437
1980 — 8 8 #4,528
1979 — 13 13 #3,194
1978 — 14 14 #2,947
1977 — 8 8 #4,197
1976 — 9 9 #3,759
1975 — 15 15 #2,654
1974 — 10 10 #3,351
1973 — 10 10 #3,259
1972 — 10 10 #3,179
1971 — 5 5 #4,960
1970 — 10 10 #3,097
1969 — 5 5 #4,455
1968 — 7 7 #3,394
1967 — 5 5 #4,025
1966 — 9 9 #2,816
1964 — 14 14 #2,226
1963 — 18 18 #1,920
1962 — 11 11 #2,541
1961 — 11 11 #2,573
1960 — 15 15 #2,140
1959 — 18 18 #1,931
1958 — 13 13 #2,289
1957 — 16 16 #2,041
1956 — 11 11 #2,522
1955 — 12 12 #2,334
1954 — 15 15 #2,058
1953 — 10 10 #2,560
1952 — 15 15 #2,023
1951 — 13 13 #2,159
1950 — 20 20 #1,672
1949 — 11 11 #2,363
1948 — 5 5 #3,731
1947 — 10 10 #2,540
1946 — 9 9 #2,564
1945 — 5 5 #3,400
1944 — 10 10 #2,342
1943 — 5 5 #3,595
1942 — 6 6 #3,258
1941 — 12 12 #2,108
1940 — 5 5 #3,508
1939 — 7 7 #2,875
1936 — 6 6 #3,196
1935 — 9 9 #2,570
1933 — 9 9 #2,581
1932 — 16 16 #1,872
1931 — 8 8 #2,907
1930 — 7 7 #3,325
1929 — 10 10 #2,619
1928 — 14 14 #2,186
1927 — 6 6 #3,821
1926 — 7 7 #3,411
1925 — 7 7 #3,437
1924 — 6 6 #3,907
1923 — 5 5 #4,293
1922 — 10 10 #2,833
1921 — 13 13 #2,395
1920 — 17 17 #1,993
1919 — 6 6 #3,768
1917 — 13 13 #2,205
1915 — 11 11 #2,346
1914 — 6 6 #2,959
1912 — 5 5 #2,588
1882 — 5 5 #1,086