Samual
Samual was given to 12 boys in 2025, #7,106 among boys’ names; 5,594 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,150 Americans named Samual and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 23 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Samual by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Samual?
#7,106 among boys’ names, 2025
Samual fell from #3,138 in 2015 to #7,106 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 19.3 to 7.0 per million.
127 babies in 1997, the peak
Samual peaked in 1997, when 127 boys were given it, #1,008 among boys’ names. The 12 births of 2025 are 9% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #7,106 | 7.0 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,411 | 8.1 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,094 | 15.8 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,758 | 7.4 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,899 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,403 | 19.1 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,481 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,425 | 18.2 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,436 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,421 | 17.4 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 37 | #3,138 | 19.3 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,830 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,753 | 22.7 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,512 | 26.4 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,166 | 32.1 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,231 | 30.8 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,922 | 37.8 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,789 | 41.2 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,925 | 35.7 |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,680 | 41.4 |
| 2005 | 92 | #1,541 | 46.1 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,464 | 47.4 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,474 | 45.1 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,218 | 58.2 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,271 | 54.0 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,365 | 47.4 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,220 | 54.2 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,107 | 60.7 |
| 1997 | 127 | #1,008 | 67.4 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,170 | 52.8 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,152 | 52.0 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,315 | 40.9 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,110 | 52.0 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,280 | 39.1 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,228 | 40.6 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,169 | 42.4 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,109 | 45.5 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,104 | 42.8 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,171 | 36.4 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,240 | 33.1 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,287 | 30.3 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,288 | 28.8 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,262 | 30.1 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,176 | 34.2 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,204 | 32.4 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,069 | 40.4 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,114 | 37.8 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,271 | 31.1 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,156 | 35.3 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,262 | 31.2 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,300 | 28.8 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,264 | 28.6 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,308 | 26.3 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,227 | 28.4 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,460 | 19.8 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,275 | 23.1 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,347 | 20.1 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,337 | 19.6 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,335 | 18.9 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,214 | 21.9 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,122 | 24.2 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,194 | 21.1 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,224 | 20.2 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,164 | 21.8 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,257 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,030 | 26.3 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,153 | 21.6 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,219 | 19.3 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,149 | 21.3 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,253 | 18.0 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,450 | 14.1 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,165 | 20.6 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,241 | 18.8 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,427 | 14.9 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,483 | 13.8 |
| 1950 | 52 | #970 | 29.0 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,402 | 15.8 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,212 | 20.5 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,472 | 14.2 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,295 | 18.5 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,293 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,034 | 30.1 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,154 | 25.2 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,210 | 24.6 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,206 | 25.2 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,330 | 22.4 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,136 | 29.8 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,217 | 27.0 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,285 | 26.3 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,025 | 37.6 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,146 | 32.6 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,317 | 26.1 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,497 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,352 | 25.9 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,422 | 24.0 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,188 | 32.8 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,089 | 38.1 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,163 | 34.3 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,264 | 30.2 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,326 | 27.9 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,140 | 34.9 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,377 | 26.5 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,413 | 25.5 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,304 | 29.4 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,292 | 30.0 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,249 | 31.9 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,525 | 24.5 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,339 | 28.6 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,258 | 32.4 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,636 | 22.5 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,367 | 29.5 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,759 | 21.4 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,659 | 23.4 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,516 | 27.9 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,709 | 26.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,804 | 25.7 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,015 | 58.3 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,079 | 54.5 |
| 1906 | 8 | #986 | 60.1 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,211 | 45.3 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,111 | 50.3 |
| 1902 | 10 | #784 | 81.5 |
| 1901 | 7 | #931 | 65.7 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,473 | 33.2 |
| 1898 | 8 | #878 | 65.2 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,200 | 44.3 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,013 | 53.4 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,134 | 45.0 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,091 | 45.2 |
| 1888 | 8 | #807 | 66.2 |
| 1886 | 6 | #949 | 54.2 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,077 | 46.4 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,102 | 43.7 |
| 1883 | 6 | #869 | 57.3 |
| 1882 | 10 | #640 | 88.0 |
| 1881 | 8 | #692 | 79.4 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,038 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Samual a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Samual has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 137 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Samual: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Samual, and how old are they?
4,150 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 5,594 Americans ever recorded as Samual. The median Samual alive today is 33 years old; half are between 23 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 6,688 people named Samual (21 women and girls, 6,667 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,242 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.6 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 112 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 491 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 654 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 338 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Samual born?
The states with the most babies named Samual are California, Ohio and Texas, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 230 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 106 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Texas | 91 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Indiana | 75 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Wisconsin | 65 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Minnesota | 59 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 56 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 42 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Washington | 42 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 34 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Samual with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 833,346 babies since 1880, Samual is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 12 of their 8,420 babies (<1%), the fourth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Samual
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Samual and names like it
- Compare Samual and SamuelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sSamual peaked in 1997.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Samual since 1910.
- The top names of 1997The year the most babies were named Samual.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Samual alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.