Sampson is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Sampson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,435 for boy births in the United States (and #7,399 across all names), given to 34 babies. Sampson was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2017 (61 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | #3,435 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | #3,446 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | #3,216 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | #2,989 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | #2,766 |
| 2020 | 57 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | #2,986 |
| 2018 | 50 | 50 | #2,572 |
| 2017 | 61 | 61 | #2,213 |
| 2016 | 51 | 51 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 57 | 57 | #2,323 |
| 2014 | 42 | 42 | #2,838 |
| 2013 | 39 | 39 | #2,943 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2011 | 35 | 35 | #3,228 |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2009 | 34 | 34 | #3,319 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 | #2,998 |
| 2007 | 43 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2006 | 37 | 37 | #3,019 |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #3,004 |
| 2004 | 29 | 29 | #3,355 |
| 2003 | 34 | 34 | #2,915 |
| 2002 | 35 | 35 | #2,740 |
| 2001 | 31 | 31 | #2,978 |
| 2000 | 36 | 36 | #2,614 |
| 1999 | 51 | 51 | #1,926 |
| 1998 | 44 | 44 | #2,119 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | #2,493 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | #2,374 |
| 1995 | 34 | — | #2,339 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #2,117 |
| 1993 | 33 | — | #2,337 |
| 1992 | 33 | — | #2,294 |
| 1991 | 29 | — | #2,457 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #2,121 |
| 1989 | 36 | — | #2,024 |
| 1988 | 40 | — | #1,764 |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #2,106 |
| 1986 | 33 | — | #1,867 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | #1,913 |
| 1984 | 24 | — | #2,223 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | #1,949 |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #2,049 |
| 1981 | 33 | — | #1,759 |
| 1980 | 31 | — | #1,847 |
| 1979 | 23 | — | #2,222 |
| 1978 | 34 | — | #1,646 |
| 1977 | 28 | — | #1,849 |
| 1976 | 26 | — | #1,920 |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #2,273 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | #2,185 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #2,197 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #2,309 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #2,663 |
| 1970 | 21 | — | #1,979 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | #1,559 |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #2,017 |
| 1966 | 17 | — | #1,954 |
| 1965 | 18 | — | #1,905 |
| 1964 | 27 | — | #1,537 |
| 1963 | 28 | — | #1,507 |
| 1962 | 22 | — | #1,751 |
| 1961 | 33 | — | #1,400 |
| 1960 | 33 | — | #1,396 |
| 1959 | 31 | — | #1,436 |
| 1958 | 21 | — | #1,758 |
| 1957 | 29 | — | #1,482 |
| 1956 | 42 | — | #1,186 |
| 1955 | 34 | — | #1,309 |
| 1954 | 38 | — | #1,223 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | #1,545 |
| 1952 | 33 | — | #1,318 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | #1,593 |
| 1950 | 27 | — | #1,426 |
| 1949 | 35 | — | #1,225 |
| 1948 | 28 | — | #1,396 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #1,778 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | #1,352 |
| 1945 | 19 | — | #1,570 |
| 1944 | 19 | — | #1,618 |
| 1943 | 32 | — | #1,239 |
| 1942 | 23 | — | #1,489 |
| 1941 | 18 | — | #1,682 |
| 1940 | 25 | — | #1,362 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | #1,295 |
| 1938 | 28 | — | #1,273 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 28 | — | #1,268 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,534 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,601 |
| 1933 | 27 | — | #1,304 |
| 1932 | 26 | — | #1,381 |
| 1931 | 34 | — | #1,190 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,170 |
| 1929 | 29 | — | #1,333 |
| 1928 | 34 | — | #1,249 |
| 1927 | 39 | — | #1,158 |
| 1926 | 29 | — | #1,378 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,219 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | #1,376 |
| 1923 | 30 | — | #1,355 |
| 1922 | 40 | — | #1,137 |
| 1921 | 39 | — | #1,156 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | #1,086 |
| 1919 | 41 | — | #1,080 |
| 1918 | 36 | — | #1,169 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #1,634 |
| 1916 | 30 | — | #1,235 |
| 1915 | 23 | — | #1,450 |
| 1914 | 34 | — | #964 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,103 |
| 1912 | 23 | — | #964 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,512 |
| 1910 | 12 | — | #975 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #835 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #1,014 |
| 1907 | 10 | — | #924 |
| 1906 | 7 | — | #1,100 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | #732 |
| 1904 | 13 | — | #679 |
| 1903 | 10 | — | #771 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | #612 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #720 |
| 1900 | 20 | — | #551 |
| 1899 | 18 | — | #452 |
| 1898 | 23 | — | #415 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | #673 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #968 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #734 |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #941 |
| 1893 | 6 | — | #1,013 |
| 1892 | 8 | — | #851 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,102 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | #803 |
| 1889 | 8 | — | #777 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | #747 |
| 1887 | 6 | — | #902 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | #749 |
| 1885 | 8 | — | #754 |
| 1884 | 10 | — | #649 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #869 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | #744 |
| 1881 | 8 | — | #691 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #1,037 |