Samson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #964 for boy births in the United States, given to 639 babies. Samson first appears in the data in 1892 and reached its peak in 2025 (639 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 639 | #964 |
| 2024 | 585 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 517 | #1,137 |
| 2022 | 491 | #1,188 |
| 2021 | 473 | #1,213 |
| 2020 | 495 | #1,157 |
| 2019 | 488 | #1,182 |
| 2018 | 512 | #1,135 |
| 2017 | 440 | #1,258 |
| 2016 | 481 | #1,193 |
| 2015 | 434 | #1,271 |
| 2014 | 420 | #1,300 |
| 2013 | 360 | #1,419 |
| 2012 | 280 | #1,713 |
| 2011 | 243 | #1,870 |
| 2010 | 244 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 241 | #1,915 |
| 2008 | 214 | #2,115 |
| 2007 | 225 | #2,010 |
| 2006 | 220 | #1,999 |
| 2005 | 151 | #2,492 |
| 2004 | 176 | #2,164 |
| 2003 | 158 | #2,303 |
| 2002 | 183 | #1,989 |
| 2001 | 173 | #2,060 |
| 2000 | 174 | #2,024 |
| 1999 | 155 | #2,135 |
| 1998 | 138 | #2,269 |
| 1997 | 135 | #2,226 |
| 1996 | 116 | #2,441 |
| 1995 | 122 | #2,307 |
| 1994 | 131 | #2,216 |
| 1993 | 123 | #2,269 |
| 1992 | 119 | #2,322 |
| 1991 | 108 | #2,444 |
| 1990 | 126 | #2,172 |
| 1989 | 97 | #2,476 |
| 1988 | 131 | #1,949 |
| 1987 | 89 | #2,381 |
| 1986 | 74 | #2,591 |
| 1985 | 109 | #2,057 |
| 1984 | 95 | #2,134 |
| 1983 | 86 | #2,255 |
| 1982 | 84 | #2,350 |
| 1981 | 85 | #2,339 |
| 1980 | 87 | #2,293 |
| 1979 | 81 | #2,366 |
| 1978 | 60 | #2,758 |
| 1977 | 76 | #2,349 |
| 1976 | 62 | #2,571 |
| 1975 | 40 | #3,381 |
| 1974 | 52 | #2,771 |
| 1973 | 42 | #3,091 |
| 1972 | 35 | #3,461 |
| 1971 | 48 | #2,900 |
| 1970 | 34 | #3,545 |
| 1969 | 28 | #3,804 |
| 1968 | 31 | #3,391 |
| 1967 | 25 | #3,766 |
| 1966 | 22 | #4,021 |
| 1965 | 21 | #4,174 |
| 1964 | 31 | #3,404 |
| 1963 | 24 | #3,905 |
| 1962 | 24 | #3,899 |
| 1961 | 29 | #3,515 |
| 1960 | 20 | #4,291 |
| 1959 | 20 | #4,141 |
| 1958 | 25 | #3,640 |
| 1957 | 21 | #4,006 |
| 1956 | 31 | #3,191 |
| 1955 | 23 | #3,682 |
| 1954 | 22 | #3,727 |
| 1953 | 26 | #3,326 |
| 1952 | 27 | #3,243 |
| 1951 | 23 | #3,435 |
| 1950 | 25 | #3,218 |
| 1949 | 11 | #5,149 |
| 1948 | 13 | #4,638 |
| 1947 | 16 | #4,206 |
| 1946 | 12 | #4,714 |
| 1945 | 15 | #3,785 |
| 1944 | 18 | #3,469 |
| 1943 | 18 | #3,580 |
| 1942 | 12 | #4,493 |
| 1941 | 14 | #3,921 |
| 1940 | 16 | #3,561 |
| 1939 | 11 | #4,427 |
| 1938 | 13 | #4,030 |
| 1937 | 8 | #5,338 |
| 1936 | 16 | #3,480 |
| 1935 | 16 | #3,556 |
| 1934 | 13 | #4,036 |
| 1933 | 10 | #4,688 |
| 1932 | 17 | #3,518 |
| 1931 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1930 | 18 | #3,486 |
| 1929 | 11 | #4,802 |
| 1928 | 21 | #3,291 |
| 1927 | 16 | #4,031 |
| 1926 | 11 | #5,053 |
| 1925 | 25 | #3,050 |
| 1924 | 17 | #3,947 |
| 1923 | 13 | #4,621 |
| 1922 | 16 | #4,129 |
| 1921 | 20 | #3,606 |
| 1920 | 19 | #3,665 |
| 1919 | 21 | #3,285 |
| 1918 | 21 | #3,330 |
| 1917 | 16 | #3,844 |
| 1916 | 20 | #3,214 |
| 1915 | 12 | #4,324 |
| 1914 | 18 | #2,892 |
| 1913 | 11 | #3,437 |
| 1912 | 9 | #3,570 |
| 1911 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1904 | 7 | #2,456 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,913 |
| 1900 | 6 | #2,839 |
| 1898 | 5 | #2,841 |
| 1897 | 6 | #2,349 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,914 |