Boys' name · since 1940
Sammual
Sammual has 58 recorded births since 1940 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,173 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sammual sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 58 recorded since 1940.
Sammual has 58 recorded births among boys since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2009.
- #21,173 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 58 born since 1940
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sammual ranks #21,173 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 58 born since 1940, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,173 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 58
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sammual's 58 recorded births place it above 53.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sammual's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sammual's full recorded timeline at 1987, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1940, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sammual popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2009
- Peak year (1987)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Sammual by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Sammual's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Sammual births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Sammual's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (13 total births) through the 2000s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sammual: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
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, 1940–2009 (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 Sammual 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.