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.

Sammuel

#2,607 most common boys' name of all time · #6,284 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#2,607
Rank overall
#6,284 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
2,703
Since 2016
257
Peak year
2009 #2,189
Best rank
#1,267 1954
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sammuel first appears in 1917. 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
2025 — 23 23 #4,421
2024 — 32 32 #3,541
2023 — 20 20 #4,920
2022 — 26 26 #4,102
2021 — 24 24 #4,266
2020 — 27 27 #3,827
2019 — 27 27 #3,918
2018 — 31 31 #3,544
2017 — 21 21 #4,614
2016 — 26 26 #4,010
2015 — 26 26 #4,002
2014 — 25 25 #4,039
2013 — 41 41 #2,816
2012 — 45 45 #2,687
2011 — 51 51 #2,449
2010 — 42 42 #2,839
2009 — 61 61 #2,189
2008 — 56 56 #2,332
2007 — 56 56 #2,313
2006 — 49 49 #2,483
2005 — 54 54 #2,217
2004 — 40 40 #2,661
2003 — 56 56 #2,034
2002 — 31 31 #2,960
2001 — 34 34 #2,752
2000 — 42 42 #2,306
1999 — 26 26 #3,117
1998 — 52 52 #1,879
1997 — 31 31 #2,565
1996 — 30 30 #2,545
1995 — 29 29 #2,569
1994 — 38 38 #2,142
1993 — 33 33 #2,309
1992 — 35 35 #2,190
1991 — 31 31 #2,321
1990 — 40 40 #1,925
1989 — 45 45 #1,715
1988 — 37 37 #1,830
1987 — 24 24 #2,359
1986 — 31 31 #1,941
1985 — 28 28 #2,040
1984 — 27 27 #2,008
1983 — 20 20 #2,443
1982 — 23 23 #2,230
1981 — 20 20 #2,443
1980 — 21 21 #2,401
1979 — 19 19 #2,517
1978 — 16 16 #2,727
1977 — 14 14 #2,960
1976 — 23 23 #2,082
1975 — 15 15 #2,689
1974 — 11 11 #3,199
1973 — 22 22 #1,959
1972 — 18 18 #2,193
1971 — 11 11 #3,053
1970 — 29 29 #1,604
1969 — 17 17 #2,100
1968 — 27 27 #1,533
1967 — 18 18 #1,890
1966 — 21 21 #1,712
1965 — 22 22 #1,709
1964 — 25 25 #1,607
1963 — 22 22 #1,733
1962 — 26 26 #1,577
1961 — 28 28 #1,550
1960 — 23 23 #1,719
1959 — 27 27 #1,546
1958 — 29 29 #1,471
1957 — 34 34 #1,361
1956 — 35 35 #1,315
1955 — 34 34 #1,308
1954 — 36 36 #1,267
1953 — 34 34 #1,301
1952 — 34 34 #1,293
1951 — 28 28 #1,426
1950 — 27 27 #1,430
1949 — 30 30 #1,344
1948 — 23 23 #1,554
1947 — 16 16 #1,980
1946 — 22 22 #1,553
1945 — 26 26 #1,322
1944 — 14 14 #1,979
1943 — 15 15 #1,979
1942 — 22 22 #1,535
1941 — 12 12 #2,195
1940 — 12 12 #2,171
1939 — 11 11 #2,277
1938 — 8 8 #2,824
1937 — 10 10 #2,462
1936 — 12 12 #2,173
1935 — 10 10 #2,515
1934 — 13 13 #2,115
1933 — 6 6 #3,570
1932 — 8 8 #3,057
1931 — 10 10 #2,630
1930 — 7 7 #3,520
1929 — 8 8 #3,208
1928 — 14 14 #2,267
1927 — 14 14 #2,293
1926 — 7 7 #3,651
1925 — 8 8 #3,371
1924 — 12 12 #2,633
1923 — 8 8 #3,431
1922 — 6 6 #4,177
1921 — 10 10 #2,978
1920 — 5 5 #4,727
1918 — 5 5 #4,590
1917 — 7 7 #3,539