Samual
#1,620 most common boys' name of all time · #3,927 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,620
Rank overall
#3,927 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
5,594
Since 2016
241
Peak year
1997 #1,007
Best rank
#646 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 127/yr
Samual is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,821 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,207 |
| 2023 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,005 |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,490 |
| 2021 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,786 |
| 2020 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,348 |
| 2019 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,433 |
| 2018 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,379 |
| 2017 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,336 |
| 2016 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,360 |
| 2015 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,089 |
| 2014 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,708 |
| 2013 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,717 |
| 2012 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,491 |
| 2011 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,150 |
| 2010 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,214 |
| 2009 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,912 |
| 2008 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,777 |
| 2007 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,913 |
| 2006 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,671 |
| 2005 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,538 |
| 2004 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,460 |
| 2003 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,467 |
| 2002 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,216 |
| 2001 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,266 |
| 2000 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,363 |
| 1999 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,216 |
| 1998 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,107 |
| 1997 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,007 |
| 1996 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,167 |
| 1995 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,152 |
| 1994 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,313 |
| 1993 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,110 |
| 1992 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,283 |
| 1991 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,227 |
| 1990 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,167 |
| 1989 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,109 |
| 1988 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,103 |
| 1987 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,164 |
| 1986 | — | 61 | 61 | #1,229 |
| 1985 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,284 |
| 1984 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,281 |
| 1983 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,257 |
| 1982 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,167 |
| 1981 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,201 |
| 1980 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,067 |
| 1979 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,110 |
| 1978 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,263 |
| 1977 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,146 |
| 1976 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,247 |
| 1975 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,285 |
| 1974 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,249 |
| 1973 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,297 |
| 1972 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,215 |
| 1971 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,446 |
| 1970 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,263 |
| 1969 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,328 |
| 1968 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,321 |
| 1967 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,323 |
| 1966 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,203 |
| 1965 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,113 |
| 1964 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,193 |
| 1963 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,218 |
| 1962 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,150 |
| 1961 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,256 |
| 1960 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,023 |
| 1959 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,142 |
| 1958 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,209 |
| 1957 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,138 |
| 1956 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,238 |
| 1955 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,429 |
| 1954 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,159 |
| 1953 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,235 |
| 1952 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,411 |
| 1951 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,466 |
| 1950 | — | 52 | 52 | #962 |
| 1949 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,387 |
| 1948 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1947 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1946 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,283 |
| 1945 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1944 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,025 |
| 1943 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,148 |
| 1942 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,203 |
| 1941 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 1940 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,320 |
| 1939 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,129 |
| 1938 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,207 |
| 1937 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 1936 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1935 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,131 |
| 1934 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,303 |
| 1933 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,466 |
| 1932 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,330 |
| 1931 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,401 |
| 1930 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,178 |
| 1929 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,080 |
| 1928 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,153 |
| 1927 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,252 |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,309 |
| 1925 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,127 |
| 1924 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,362 |
| 1923 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,391 |
| 1922 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,291 |
| 1921 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,275 |
| 1920 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1919 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,490 |
| 1918 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,322 |
| 1917 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,246 |
| 1916 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,602 |
| 1915 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,351 |
| 1914 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,706 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,602 |
| 1912 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,443 |
| 1911 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,585 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,629 |
| 1908 | — | 9 | 9 | #976 |
| 1907 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,038 |
| 1906 | — | 8 | 8 | #969 |
| 1905 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,151 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,062 |
| 1902 | — | 10 | 10 | #777 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #896 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,361 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #851 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,128 |
| 1893 | — | 6 | 6 | #966 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,036 |
| 1888 | — | 8 | 8 | #792 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #907 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,006 |
| 1884 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,026 |
| 1883 | — | 6 | 6 | #852 |
| 1882 | — | 10 | 10 | #646 |
| 1881 | — | 8 | 8 | #690 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,038 |