Samuel — #17 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Samuel

The Social Security Administration has registered 811,720 babies named Samuel between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samuel currently holds the #17 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 14,813 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samuel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 138,622 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Samuel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 68,944 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Samuel in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samuel 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 811,720 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.