Sampson
#3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,901since 1880
Sampson over time
Rank among boys' names. Sampson has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #3,177 | 38 |
| 2022 | #2,962 | 42 |
| 2021 | #2,732 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,347 | 57 |
| 2019 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #2,546 | 50 |
| 2017 | #2,186 | 61 |
| 2016 | #2,477 | 51 |
| 2015 | #2,300 | 57 |
| 2014 | #2,805 | 42 |
| 2013 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #2,765 | 43 |
| 2006 | #2,979 | 37 |
| 2005 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #1,903 | 51 |
| 1998 | #2,094 | 44 |
| 1997 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,299 | 34 |
| 1994 | #2,082 | 39 |
| 1993 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | #2,253 | 33 |
| 1991 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1980 | #1,808 | 31 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #1,616 | 34 |
| 1977 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #1,731 | 21 |
| 1967 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,856 | 18 |
| 1964 | #1,510 | 27 |
| 1963 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,382 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,416 | 31 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,171 | 42 |
| 1955 | #1,294 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,213 | 38 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,395 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,378 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,733 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,467 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,272 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,494 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,281 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,170 | 34 |
| 1930 | #1,151 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,312 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,228 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,353 | 29 |
| 1925 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,120 | 40 |
| 1921 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,073 | 43 |
| 1919 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,152 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,206 | 30 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #935 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #804 | 13 |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #699 | 12 |
| 1904 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #683 | 10 |
| 1900 | #534 | 20 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #409 | 23 |
| 1897 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #900 | 7 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #792 | 8 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #722 | 8 |
| 1888 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Sampson was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sampson is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#292 · 1 in 2,764
- Alabama#435 · 1 in 5,500
- Georgia#436 · 1 in 5,917
Best ever in a state: #241 in South Carolina, 1914.
Show every state
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| Florida | #292 | 5 | 1 in 2,764 |
| Alabama | #435 | 5 | 1 in 5,500 |
| Georgia | #436 | 5 | 1 in 5,917 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sampson
- 15 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,379)
- 1,032 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #3,379)
- 1,079 spots since 2015 (#2,300 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1912 (#1,387 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 461 spots in 1915 (#949 → #1,410)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #409 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1905
- Highest: 1 in 5,334 boys born in 1898 were named Sampson (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 11.4% of all boys named Sampson (445) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | #613 (1884) | #730 |
| 1890s | 103 | #409 (1898) | #734 |
| 1900s | 118 | #534 (1900) | #750 |
| 1910s | 249 | #928 (1910) | #1,169 |
| 1920s | 348 | #1,073 (1920) | #1,225 |
| 1930s | 266 | #1,151 (1930) | #1,339 |
| 1940s | 246 | #1,205 (1949) | #1,440 |
| 1950s | 303 | #1,171 (1956) | #1,403 |
| 1960s | 243 | #1,382 (1960) | #1,646 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,616 (1978) | #2,067 |
| 1980s | 312 | #1,726 (1981) | #1,908 |
| 1990s | 365 | #1,903 (1999) | #2,220 |
| 2000s | 354 | #2,578 (2000) | #2,925 |
| 2010s | 445 | #2,186 (2017) | #2,777 |
| 2020s | 251 | #2,347 (2020) | #2,999 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sampson in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 39,612 of them was named Sampson, which outranked 69.1% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,221Therman29
- #1,221Vince29
- #1,221Waylon29
- #1,247Sampson28
- #1,247Abelardo28
- #1,247Amador28
- #1,247Arley28
- #1,275Almon27
- #1,275Bartholomew27
- #1,275Christ27
Tied with 27 names at #1,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.