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.

Samuel

#39 most common boys' name of all time · #63 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#39
Rank overall
#63 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
823,085
Since 2016
90,681
Peak year
2001 #26
Best rank
#17 1880
Girls Boys peak 14,845/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Samuel 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8,334 8,342 #18
2024 7 8,355 8,362 #17
2023 10 8,038 8,048 #19
2022 8 8,427 8,435 #19
2021 6 8,580 8,586 #23
2020 14 8,594 8,608 #25
2019 10 9,322 9,332 #22
2018 12 9,854 9,866 #21
2017 16 10,449 10,465 #21
2016 16 10,621 10,637 #21
2015 12 10,905 10,917 #23
2014 14 11,029 11,043 #23
2013 14 11,141 11,155 #25
2012 14 11,470 11,484 #25
2011 6 11,366 11,372 #26
2010 28 11,971 11,999 #24
2009 20 12,181 12,201 #24
2008 24 12,774 12,798 #27
2007 16 13,367 13,383 #25
2006 19 13,652 13,671 #25
2005 26 14,271 14,297 #21
2004 54 14,131 14,185 #23
2003 25 14,691 14,716 #23
2002 19 14,579 14,598 #25
2001 32 14,813 14,845 #26
2000 27 14,188 14,215 #28
1999 22 14,049 14,071 #27
1998 27 13,912 13,939 #28
1997 23 14,237 14,260 #27
1996 27 13,629 13,656 #30
1995 29 12,440 12,469 #33
1994 44 12,147 12,191 #33
1993 40 11,711 11,751 #37
1992 36 11,344 11,380 #40
1991 27 11,234 11,261 #39
1990 34 10,894 10,928 #45
1989 37 10,107 10,144 #47
1988 63 9,564 9,627 #45
1987 63 8,576 8,639 #50
1986 56 7,579 7,635 #52
1985 64 7,009 7,073 #54
1984 48 6,362 6,410 #55
1983 63 6,195 6,258 #54
1982 45 6,014 6,059 #56
1981 44 6,036 6,080 #54
1980 36 6,014 6,050 #54
1979 47 5,687 5,734 #55
1978 33 5,394 5,427 #57
1977 40 5,257 5,297 #60
1976 37 5,025 5,062 #59
1975 37 4,619 4,656 #61
1974 33 4,672 4,705 #60
1973 33 4,267 4,300 #66
1972 39 4,213 4,252 #66
1971 38 4,407 4,445 #66
1970 26 4,558 4,584 #62
1969 29 4,430 4,459 #64
1968 27 4,123 4,150 #66
1967 20 4,232 4,252 #69
1966 23 4,155 4,178 #81
1965 26 4,395 4,421 #84
1964 27 4,462 4,489 #86
1963 25 4,520 4,545 #87
1962 34 4,552 4,586 #88
1961 27 4,667 4,694 #89
1960 27 4,711 4,738 #91
1959 32 4,953 4,985 #86
1958 19 5,051 5,070 #85
1957 14 5,236 5,250 #82
1956 28 5,585 5,613 #74
1955 23 5,535 5,558 #71
1954 17 5,634 5,651 #71
1953 21 5,423 5,444 #70
1952 29 5,647 5,676 #67
1951 17 5,476 5,493 #67
1950 18 5,227 5,245 #62
1949 21 5,356 5,377 #62
1948 15 5,002 5,017 #70
1947 14 5,110 5,124 #72
1946 27 4,523 4,550 #70
1945 16 3,957 3,973 #61
1944 18 3,946 3,964 #62
1943 17 4,143 4,160 #62
1942 30 4,190 4,220 #59
1941 15 3,538 3,553 #65
1940 20 3,364 3,384 #65
1939 18 3,254 3,272 #63
1938 23 3,243 3,266 #62
1937 23 3,027 3,050 #66
1936 9 2,893 2,902 #67
1935 17 3,149 3,166 #62
1934 15 3,137 3,152 #66
1933 21 3,111 3,132 #61
1932 17 3,411 3,428 #56
1931 28 3,379 3,407 #56
1930 19 3,531 3,550 #55
1929 31 3,567 3,598 #53
1928 27 3,844 3,871 #52
1927 37 4,189 4,226 #49
1926 24 4,180 4,204 #48
1925 25 4,405 4,430 #46
1924 23 4,591 4,614 #45
1923 17 4,578 4,595 #45
1922 16 4,600 4,616 #43
1921 20 4,754 4,774 #44
1920 17 4,654 4,671 #44
1919 15 4,472 4,487 #43
1918 23 4,772 4,795 #43
1917 16 4,490 4,506 #42
1916 14 4,399 4,413 #41
1915 10 4,351 4,361 #39
1914 9 3,703 3,712 #35
1913 5 2,850 2,855 #36
1912 6 2,602 2,608 #30
1911 1,398 1,398 #30
1910 1,129 1,129 #32
1909 983 983 #32
1908 5 960 965 #33
1907 892 892 #32
1906 6 783 789 #33
1905 7 856 863 #30
1904 727 727 #34
1903 741 741 #31
1902 702 702 #33
1901 628 628 #33
1900 6 877 883 #33
1899 704 704 #30
1898 749 749 #32
1897 759 759 #28
1896 734 734 #31
1895 814 814 #25
1894 776 776 #26
1893 5 851 856 #20
1892 902 902 #20
1891 6 753 759 #20
1890 5 815 820 #20
1889 810 810 #20
1888 931 931 #18
1887 802 802 #18
1886 870 870 #18
1885 888 888 #18
1884 945 945 #17
1883 937 937 #17
1882 1,003 1,003 #17
1881 919 919 #17
1880 1,024 1,024 #17