Samual
#6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,594since 1880
Samual over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Samual has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #6,199 | 14 |
| 2023 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #6,479 | 13 |
| 2021 | #4,780 | 20 |
| 2020 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #3,358 | 33 |
| 2015 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #2,715 | 43 |
| 2012 | #2,488 | 50 |
| 2011 | #2,145 | 61 |
| 2010 | #2,212 | 59 |
| 2009 | #1,910 | 75 |
| 2008 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2007 | #1,912 | 74 |
| 2006 | #1,669 | 85 |
| 2005 | #1,535 | 92 |
| 2004 | #1,460 | 94 |
| 2003 | #1,466 | 89 |
| 2002 | #1,215 | 113 |
| 2001 | #1,265 | 105 |
| 2000 | #1,361 | 93 |
| 1999 | #1,215 | 104 |
| 1998 | #1,105 | 116 |
| 1997 | #1,006 | 127 |
| 1996 | #1,167 | 100 |
| 1995 | #1,151 | 99 |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 79 |
| 1993 | #1,108 | 102 |
| 1992 | #1,281 | 78 |
| 1991 | #1,227 | 82 |
| 1990 | #1,166 | 87 |
| 1989 | #1,109 | 91 |
| 1988 | #1,099 | 82 |
| 1987 | #1,161 | 68 |
| 1986 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,282 | 56 |
| 1984 | #1,280 | 52 |
| 1983 | #1,253 | 54 |
| 1982 | #1,164 | 62 |
| 1981 | #1,199 | 58 |
| 1980 | #1,067 | 72 |
| 1979 | #1,108 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #1,144 | 58 |
| 1976 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #1,280 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,294 | 41 |
| 1972 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,326 | 36 |
| 1968 | #1,314 | 34 |
| 1967 | #1,312 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,189 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,215 | 41 |
| 1962 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1961 | #1,250 | 40 |
| 1960 | #1,021 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,141 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #1,130 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,232 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #1,151 | 42 |
| 1953 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,406 | 29 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #960 | 52 |
| 1949 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,194 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,193 | 34 |
| 1941 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1936 | #1,010 | 39 |
| 1935 | #1,123 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,456 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,324 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,173 | 36 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 41 |
| 1928 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,355 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1921 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,313 | 29 |
| 1917 | #1,238 | 30 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #858 | 7 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #611 | 10 |
| 1881 | #653 | 8 |
| 1880 | #909 | 5 |
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.
Where Samual is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Washington#420 · 1 in 5,184
- Missouri#468 · 1 in 7,471
- Illinois#734 · 1 in 12,344
- Florida#747 · 1 in 11,951
- California#968 · 1 in 19,227
Best ever in a state: #330 in Wisconsin, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #420 | 6 | 1 in 5,184 |
| Missouri | #468 | 5 | 1 in 7,471 |
| Illinois | #734 | 7 | 1 in 12,344 |
| Florida | #747 | 5 | 1 in 11,951 |
| California | #968 | 10 | 1 in 19,227 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #611 (1882) | #828 |
| 1890s | 24 | #804 (1898) | #941 |
| 1900s | 59 | #744 (1902) | #986 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,238 (1917) | #1,478 |
| 1920s | 340 | #1,078 (1929) | #1,241 |
| 1930s | 301 | #1,010 (1936) | #1,236 |
| 1940s | 315 | #1,018 (1944) | #1,242 |
| 1950s | 386 | #960 (1950) | #1,234 |
| 1960s | 411 | #1,021 (1960) | #1,207 |
| 1970s | 478 | #1,108 (1979) | #1,248 |
| 1980s | 656 | #1,067 (1980) | #1,184 |
| 1990s | 974 | #1,006 (1997) | #1,174 |
| 2000s | 904 | #1,215 (2002) | #1,557 |
| 2010s | 392 | #2,145 (2011) | #3,184 |
| 2020s | 119 | #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 1980
boys
#1,067
72 births · 1 in 24,777 boys
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 24,777 of them was named Samual, which outranked 85.4% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).