Samson — #522 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Samson

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,235 babies named Samson between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samson currently holds the #522 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 582 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,901 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Samson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,419 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Samson in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samson 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 12,235 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.