Boys' name · since 1914
Samiel
121 babies named Samiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,982 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
121 babies have been named Samiel since 1914, making it today's #8982 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Samiel recorded 121 times among boys since 1914, holding rank #8982 nationally today, ahead of 36% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #16,184 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,982 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 121 born since 1914
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samiel ranks #16,184 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,982 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 121 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,184 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,982 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 121
- born since 1914
- 2020s
- peak decade
Samiel's 121 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Samiel compares
121 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Samiel's all-time total is 67% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 121 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Samiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samiel's full recorded timeline at 2010, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Samiel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 40% of the file).
2020s was Samiel's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Samiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (40% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Samiel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.