Girls' name · since 1916
Samuella
Samuella has 274 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,532 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Samuella is the #7532 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 274 recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Samuella recorded 274 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #7532 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #16,705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,532 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 274 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samuella ranks #16,705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,532 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,532 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samuella's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Samuella compares
274 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Samuella's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samuella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samuella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samuella splits its recorded history at 1958: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samuella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Samuella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (74 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Samuella's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Samuella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s
1930s
36 births
- 1940s 25
1940s
25 births
- 1950s 29
1950s
29 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 74 births (27% of all-time use).
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What to do with Samuella's data
- Samuella's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (74 total births) through the 2020s (54) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Samuella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Samuella 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.