Samual

#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births

Peak · boys
#611
1882 · 10 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,594
since 1880

Samual over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Samual has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #611, 1882boys
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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#6,80312
2024#6,19914
2023#4,00227
2022#6,47913
2021#4,78020
2020#3,34433
2019#3,42633
2018#3,37333
2017#4,33123
2016#3,35833
2015#3,08537
2014#4,70220
2013#2,71543
2012#2,48850
2011#2,14561
2010#2,21259
2009#1,91075
2008#1,77584
2007#1,91274
2006#1,66985
2005#1,53592
2004#1,46094
2003#1,46689
2002#1,215113
2001#1,265105
2000#1,36193
1999#1,215104
1998#1,105116
1997#1,006127
1996#1,167100
1995#1,15199
1994#1,31279
1993#1,108102
1992#1,28178
1991#1,22782
1990#1,16687
1989#1,10991
1988#1,09982
1987#1,16168
1986#1,22761
1985#1,28256
1984#1,28052
1983#1,25354
1982#1,16462
1981#1,19958
1980#1,06772
1979#1,10865
1978#1,25851
1977#1,14458
1976#1,23849
1975#1,28045
1974#1,24445
1973#1,29441
1972#1,21046
1971#1,44135
1970#1,26043
1969#1,32636
1968#1,31434
1967#1,31233
1966#1,19439
1965#1,10645
1964#1,18942
1963#1,21541
1962#1,14745
1961#1,25040
1960#1,02156
1959#1,14146
1958#1,20441
1957#1,13046
1956#1,23238
1955#1,41929
1954#1,15142
1953#1,23137
1952#1,40629
1951#1,46226
1950#96052
1949#1,38028
1948#1,19436
1947#1,44926
1946#1,27830
1945#1,27027
1944#1,01841
1943#1,14036
1942#1,19334
1941#1,18731
1940#1,31126
1939#1,12033
1938#1,19930
1937#1,26528
1936#1,01039
1935#1,12334
1934#1,29327
1933#1,45622
1932#1,32427
1931#1,39425
1930#1,17336
1929#1,07841
1928#1,14738
1927#1,24834
1926#1,29631
1925#1,12139
1924#1,35530
1923#1,38528
1922#1,28232
1921#1,26733
1920#1,23434
1919#1,48124
1918#1,31329
1917#1,23830
1916#1,59420
1915#1,34225
1914#1,68714
1913#1,58012
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910#1,5895
1909—
1908#9469
1907#9998
1906#9278
1905#1,0916
1904—
1903#1,0096
1902#74410
1901#8587
1900#1,3105
1899—
1898#8048
1897#1,0575
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893#9076
1892—
1891—
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#7558
1887—
1886#8456
1885#9365
1884#9715
1883#7996
1882#61110
1881#6538
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Samual was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Samual
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 604 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #6,803)
  • 3,459 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #6,803)
  • 3,718 spots since 2015 (#3,085 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #858)
  • Biggest drop: 502 spots in 1951 (#960 → #1,462)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #611 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,369
  • Highest: 1 in 11,369 boys born in 1882 were named Samual (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Samual (974) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s58#611 (1882)#828
1890s24#804 (1898)#941
1900s59#744 (1902)#986
1910s177#1,238 (1917)#1,478
1920s340#1,078 (1929)#1,241
1930s301#1,010 (1936)#1,236
1940s315#1,018 (1944)#1,242
1950s386#960 (1950)#1,234
1960s411#1,021 (1960)#1,207
1970s478#1,108 (1979)#1,248
1980s656#1,067 (1980)#1,184
1990s974#1,006 (1997)#1,174
2000s904#1,215 (2002)#1,557
2010s392#2,145 (2011)#3,184
2020s119#3,344 (2020)#5,268

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.

Samual in 1997

boys
#1,006
127 births · 1 in 14,844 boys

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,006Samual127
More about 1997

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 14,844 of them was named Samual, which outranked 90.7% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Samual
  1. #1,000Mikal128
  2. #1,000Rayshawn128
  3. #1,000Zaire128
  4. #1,006Samual127
  5. #1,006Bilal127
  6. #1,006Daron127
  7. #1,006Dionte127
  8. #1,013Dakoda126
  9. #1,013Dyllan126
  10. #1,013Nehemiah126

Tied with 6 names at #1,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →