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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |