Samual
Samual is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. Its best rank was 640th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1997127 births
- Best rank
- #640in 1882
- Since 1880
- 5,584people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,584 boys have been named Samual in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 127 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1990s alone account for 17%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Samual | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | |
| 1890s | 24 | |
| 1900s | 59 | |
| 1910s | 177 | |
| 1920s | 340 | |
| 1930s | 301 | |
| 1940s | 315 | |
| 1950s | 386 | |
| 1960s | 412 | |
| 1970s | 479 | |
| 1980s | 656 | |
| 1990s | 974 | |
| 2000s | 904 | |
| 2010s | 392 | |
| 2020s | 107 |
In 1997, its biggest year
Samual was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1997 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Samual
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marshalpeak 1999
- Claytonpeak 2000
- Samuelpeak 2001
- Joesephpeak 1998
- Tomaspeak 2003
- Manuelpeak 2005
- Colemanpeak 1997
- Jessepeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.