Samael — #2900 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Samael

The Social Security Administration has registered 488 babies named Samael between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samael currently holds the #2900 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samael performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 245 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Samael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Samael in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 488 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.