Samurai — #13203 US boys' name
30 babies named Samurai in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to boys today.
67% of everyone ever named Samurai was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Samurai in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samurai
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Samurai between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samurai currently holds the #13203 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samurai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Samurai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samurai 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 30 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.
Samurai at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samurai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #13203 among boys.
30 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 9 births in a single year.
Samurai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 20 births that decade — 67% of Samurai's all-time total
Samurai decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Samurai's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.