Samson

#477 for boys in 2025, 639 births

Peak · boys
#477
2025 · 639 births
Debut · boys
1892
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
12,879
since 1892

Samson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Samson has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#477639
2024#522585
2023#563517
2022#582491
2021#590473
2020#566495
2019#571488
2018#546512
2017#602440
2016#576481
2015#618434
2014#627420
2013#669360
2012#802280
2011#867243
2010#860244
2009#875241
2008#944214
2007#892225
2006#891220
2005#1,093151
2004#954176
2003#1,001158
2002#889183
2001#907173
2000#895174
1999#940155
1998#995138
1997#972135
1996#1,049116
1995#1,005122
1994#963131
1993#975123
1992#987119
1991#1,038108
1990#914126
1989#1,05797
1988#827131
1987#1,00489
1986#1,08874
1985#866109
1984#90095
1983#94986
1982#98184
1981#97685
1980#96387
1979#98481
1978#1,13460
1977#98176
1976#1,05662
1975#1,37840
1974#1,13552
1973#1,26842
1972#1,44135
1971#1,18148
1970#1,43534
1969#1,52628
1968#1,39331
1967#1,54025
1966#1,65022
1965#1,72021
1964#1,40831
1963#1,62824
1962#1,62524
1961#1,49629
1960#1,81220
1959#1,80620
1958#1,55725
1957#1,75121
1956#1,38531
1955#1,61123
1954#1,62822
1953#1,48026
1952#1,46127
1951#1,55323
1950#1,46425
1949#2,33711
1948#2,11513
1947#1,91616
1946#2,14312
1945#1,77215
1944#1,63018
1943#1,69918
1942#2,14512
1941#1,90314
1940#1,73616
1939#2,15911
1938#1,97613
1937#2,6808
1936#1,72316
1935#1,75716
1934#2,02213
1933#2,36810
1932#1,77717
1931#1,84316
1930#1,75318
1929#2,45211
1928#1,64721
1927#2,03416
1926#2,56611
1925#1,49325
1924#1,96417
1923#2,33113
1922#2,04016
1921#1,76620
1920#1,82019
1919#1,62421
1918#1,64821
1917#1,90016
1916#1,59420
1915#2,18412
1914#1,44118
1913#1,67611
1912#1,7469
1911#1,3877
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1904#9667
1903#1,1305
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1900#1,1626
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1898#1,1215
1897#9426
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1892#7928
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First appearance
1892

The first year at least five boys were named Samson! It came in at #792, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1893–1896, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Samson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 45 spots since 2024 (#522 → #477)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#566 → #477)
  • 141 spots since 2015 (#618 → #477)
  • Biggest jump: 202 spots in 2006 (#1,093 → #891)
  • Biggest drop: 230 spots in 1989 (#827 → #1,057)
Rise & fade · boys
133 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1892
  • Peaked 2025 at #477 (639 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,673
  • Highest: 1 in 2,673 boys born in 2025 were named Samson (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.3% of all boys named Samson (3,902) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s19#792 (1892)#952
1900s18#966 (1904)#1,086
1910s135#1,387 (1911)#1,689
1920s169#1,493 (1925)#2,011
1930s138#1,723 (1936)#2,006
1940s145#1,630 (1944)#1,940
1950s243#1,385 (1956)#1,570
1960s255#1,393 (1968)#1,580
1970s530#981 (1977)#1,199
1980s937#827 (1988)#961
1990s1,273#914 (1990)#984
2000s1,915#875 (2009)#934
2010s3,902#546 (2018)#674
2020s3,200#477 (2025)#550

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.

Samson in 1978

boys
#1,134
60 births · 1 in 27,364 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,134Samson60
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 27,364 of them was named Samson, which outranked 83.2% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Samson
  1. #1,121Rasheen61
  2. #1,121Simeon61
  3. #1,121Stephanie61
  4. #1,134Samson60
  5. #1,134Alonso60
  6. #1,134Arnaldo60
  7. #1,134Arnoldo60
  8. #1,149Benson59
  9. #1,149Brenden59
  10. #1,149Che59

Tied with 14 names at #1,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →