Sameul — boys' name
871 babies named Sameul in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
16% of everyone ever named Sameul was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Sameul in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sameul
The Social Security Administration has registered 871 babies named Sameul between 1882 and 2017, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sameul currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sameul performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 143 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Sameul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sameul 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 871 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.
Sameul at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sameul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1882
- Peak year (1950)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
871 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 20 births in a single year.
Sameul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 143 births that decade — 16% of Sameul's all-time total
Sameul decade highlights
- Peak decade 143 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sameul's strongest decade
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.