Samul

Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907

Peak · boys
1882 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
226
since 1882

Samul over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Samul has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #943, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1971#4,9075
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1959#3,6196
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1957#3,5526
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1950#3,3296
1949#3,6905
1948#3,6685
1947#3,7335
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1942#2,9407
1941#3,5055
1940#3,1306
1939
1938#2,8687
1937
1936#3,5495
1935#2,5299
1934#2,7428
1933#3,6425
1932#2,8498
1931
1930#2,7819
1929#3,2477
1928#3,0768
1927#4,2105
1926#2,30213
1925#2,31313
1924#2,82210
1923#2,61411
1922#3,0149
1921#2,80410
1920#2,9679
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1918#3,0968
1917#3,5456
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1915#3,8255
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1882#9435
1881
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Samul! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Samul
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1882
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,737
  • Highest: 1 in 22,737 boys born in 1882 were named Samul (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 353,689 boys born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Samul (95) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#943 (1882)#943
1890s0
1900s0
1910s19#3,096 (1918)#3,489
1920s95#2,302 (1926)#2,937
1930s51#2,529 (1935)#2,994
1940s33#2,940 (1942)#3,444
1950s18#3,329 (1950)#3,500
1960s0
1970s5#4,907 (1971)#4,907

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.

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