Samson
#1,024 most common boys' name of all time · #2,423 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1892–2025
Rank among boys
#1,024
Rank overall
#2,423 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
121 of 146
All-time
12,879
Since 2016
5,121
Peak year
2025 #477
Best rank
#477 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 639/yr
Samson first appears in 1892. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 639 | 639 | #477 |
| 2024 | — | 585 | 585 | #522 |
| 2023 | — | 517 | 517 | #564 |
| 2022 | — | 491 | 491 | #582 |
| 2021 | — | 473 | 473 | #590 |
| 2020 | — | 495 | 495 | #566 |
| 2019 | — | 488 | 488 | #571 |
| 2018 | — | 512 | 512 | #546 |
| 2017 | — | 440 | 440 | #602 |
| 2016 | — | 481 | 481 | #577 |
| 2015 | — | 434 | 434 | #618 |
| 2014 | — | 420 | 420 | #627 |
| 2013 | — | 360 | 360 | #670 |
| 2012 | — | 280 | 280 | #802 |
| 2011 | — | 243 | 243 | #867 |
| 2010 | — | 244 | 244 | #860 |
| 2009 | — | 241 | 241 | #876 |
| 2008 | — | 214 | 214 | #945 |
| 2007 | — | 225 | 225 | #892 |
| 2006 | — | 220 | 220 | #892 |
| 2005 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,097 |
| 2004 | — | 176 | 176 | #955 |
| 2003 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,003 |
| 2002 | — | 183 | 183 | #889 |
| 2001 | — | 173 | 173 | #907 |
| 2000 | — | 174 | 174 | #898 |
| 1999 | — | 155 | 155 | #940 |
| 1998 | — | 138 | 138 | #996 |
| 1997 | — | 135 | 135 | #973 |
| 1996 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,052 |
| 1995 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,006 |
| 1994 | — | 131 | 131 | #965 |
| 1993 | — | 123 | 123 | #976 |
| 1992 | — | 119 | 119 | #993 |
| 1991 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,040 |
| 1990 | — | 126 | 126 | #916 |
| 1989 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,059 |
| 1988 | — | 131 | 131 | #828 |
| 1987 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,005 |
| 1986 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,088 |
| 1985 | — | 109 | 109 | #868 |
| 1984 | — | 95 | 95 | #904 |
| 1983 | — | 86 | 86 | #950 |
| 1982 | — | 84 | 84 | #983 |
| 1981 | — | 85 | 85 | #979 |
| 1980 | — | 87 | 87 | #963 |
| 1979 | — | 81 | 81 | #986 |
| 1978 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,140 |
| 1977 | — | 76 | 76 | #984 |
| 1976 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,061 |
| 1975 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,389 |
| 1974 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,138 |
| 1973 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1972 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,444 |
| 1971 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,184 |
| 1970 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,447 |
| 1969 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,547 |
| 1968 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,405 |
| 1967 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,551 |
| 1966 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,659 |
| 1965 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,739 |
| 1964 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,419 |
| 1963 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1962 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,637 |
| 1961 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,507 |
| 1960 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,828 |
| 1959 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,831 |
| 1958 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,571 |
| 1957 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,768 |
| 1956 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1955 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,621 |
| 1954 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1953 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,490 |
| 1952 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,473 |
| 1951 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,574 |
| 1950 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,476 |
| 1949 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,377 |
| 1948 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1947 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,946 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,184 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,805 |
| 1944 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,654 |
| 1943 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,193 |
| 1941 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,939 |
| 1940 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,769 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,204 |
| 1938 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,013 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,745 |
| 1936 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,766 |
| 1935 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,794 |
| 1934 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,055 |
| 1933 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,426 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,880 |
| 1930 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,497 |
| 1928 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1927 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,074 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,620 |
| 1925 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,518 |
| 1924 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,988 |
| 1923 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,360 |
| 1922 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,082 |
| 1921 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,794 |
| 1920 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,840 |
| 1919 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,655 |
| 1918 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,677 |
| 1917 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,939 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,620 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1914 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,471 |
| 1913 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,814 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,490 |
| 1904 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,047 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,261 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,274 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,255 |
| 1897 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,046 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #860 |