Samuel

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #18in 2025
  • 1 in 204boys in 2025
  • −14%last ten years
  • 2.2×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

04,6349,26818801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Samuel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18809,268
18819,123
18828,823
18838,956
18848,258
18858,238
18867,853
18877,908
18887,704
18897,325
18907,341
18917,441
18927,391
18937,577
18946,703
18956,934
18966,139
18976,731
18986,105
18996,628
19005,828
19015,899
19025,723
19036,215
19045,674
19056,470
19065,880
19076,075
19086,220
19095,994
19105,813
19116,187
19126,052
19135,560
19145,655
19155,127
19164,942
19174,852
19184,709
19194,563
19204,373
19214,316
19224,227
19234,177
19244,053
19253,947
19263,764
19273,717
19283,471
19293,316
19303,218
19313,250
19323,267
19333,138
19343,038
19353,024
19362,789
19372,838
19382,924
19392,940
19402,902
19412,880
19423,034
19432,903
19442,895
19452,940
19462,785
19472,793
19482,851
19493,019
19502,920
19512,908
19522,905
19532,750
19542,763
19552,687
19562,640
19572,427
19582,380
19592,320
19602,209
19612,197
19622,200
19632,225
19642,239
19652,363
19662,330
19672,427
19682,372
19692,477
19702,453
19712,492
19722,598
19732,738
19742,971
19752,958
19763,203
19773,199
19783,285
19793,303
19803,371
19813,370
19823,315
19833,456
19843,525
19853,792
19864,116
19874,594
19884,996
19895,051
19905,304
19915,560
19925,679
19935,971
19946,287
19956,535
19967,195
19977,552
19987,279
19997,317
20007,224
20017,624
20027,509
20037,437
20047,119
20057,145
20066,642
20076,441
20086,261
20096,141
20106,239
20115,984
20126,047
20135,890
20145,742
20155,689
20165,597
20175,645
20185,426
20195,196
20204,979
20214,904
20224,826
20234,699
20244,849
20254,879

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 2.2×
  2. Alaska 2.1×
  3. Alabama 1.7×
  4. Vermont 1.6×
  5. Wyoming 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
8,334
Rank in 2025
#18
How rare
1 in 204 boys
Since 1880
820,196

Most popular in 1880, at 9,268 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 14% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia2.2×89
Alaska2.1×69
Alabama1.7×537
Vermont1.6×28
Wyoming1.6×26

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.