NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Samuel Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Samuel: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 820,196 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
820,196
Peak year
2001 #26
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-14.5%

In the 2000s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
201111,366#26
201211,470#25
201311,141#25
201411,029#23
201510,905#23
201610,621#21
201710,449#21
20189,854#21
20199,322#22
20208,594#25
20218,580#23
20228,427#19
20238,038#19
20248,355#17
20258,334#18

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2001

CA
1,622
TX
1,077
NY
783
OH
697
IL
650
FL
557

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