Samuel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #27 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,342 babies. Samuel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2001 (14,845 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,342 | #27 |
| 2024 | 8,362 | #26 |
| 2023 | 8,048 | #28 |
| 2022 | 8,435 | #32 |
| 2021 | 8,586 | #34 |
| 2020 | 8,608 | #35 |
| 2019 | 9,332 | #32 |
| 2018 | 9,866 | #34 |
| 2017 | 10,465 | #32 |
| 2016 | 10,637 | #34 |
| 2015 | 10,917 | #35 |
| 2014 | 11,043 | #34 |
| 2013 | 11,155 | #34 |
| 2012 | 11,484 | #33 |
| 2011 | 11,372 | #35 |
| 2010 | 11,999 | #32 |
| 2009 | 12,201 | #32 |
| 2008 | 12,798 | #36 |
| 2007 | 13,383 | #35 |
| 2006 | 13,671 | #35 |
| 2005 | 14,297 | #30 |
| 2004 | 14,185 | #33 |
| 2003 | 14,716 | #31 |
| 2002 | 14,598 | #38 |
| 2001 | 14,845 | #35 |
| 2000 | 14,215 | #40 |
| 1999 | 14,071 | #39 |
| 1998 | 13,939 | #38 |
| 1997 | 14,260 | #38 |
| 1996 | 13,656 | #45 |
| 1995 | 12,469 | #51 |
| 1994 | 12,191 | #56 |
| 1993 | 11,751 | #61 |
| 1992 | 11,380 | #66 |
| 1991 | 11,261 | #66 |
| 1990 | 10,928 | #75 |
| 1989 | 10,144 | #75 |
| 1988 | 9,627 | #78 |
| 1987 | 8,639 | #86 |
| 1986 | 7,635 | #95 |
| 1985 | 7,073 | #99 |
| 1984 | 6,410 | #103 |
| 1983 | 6,258 | #105 |
| 1982 | 6,059 | #106 |
| 1981 | 6,080 | #99 |
| 1980 | 6,050 | #100 |
| 1979 | 5,734 | #99 |
| 1978 | 5,427 | #106 |
| 1977 | 5,297 | #116 |
| 1976 | 5,062 | #117 |
| 1975 | 4,656 | #126 |
| 1974 | 4,705 | #123 |
| 1973 | 4,300 | #134 |
| 1972 | 4,252 | #140 |
| 1971 | 4,445 | #148 |
| 1970 | 4,584 | #147 |
| 1969 | 4,459 | #148 |
| 1968 | 4,150 | #151 |
| 1967 | 4,252 | #151 |
| 1966 | 4,178 | #165 |
| 1965 | 4,421 | #168 |
| 1964 | 4,489 | #182 |
| 1963 | 4,545 | #185 |
| 1962 | 4,586 | #190 |
| 1961 | 4,694 | #192 |
| 1960 | 4,738 | #194 |
| 1959 | 4,985 | #184 |
| 1958 | 5,070 | #182 |
| 1957 | 5,250 | #174 |
| 1956 | 5,613 | #158 |
| 1955 | 5,558 | #151 |
| 1954 | 5,651 | #148 |
| 1953 | 5,444 | #149 |
| 1952 | 5,676 | #140 |
| 1951 | 5,493 | #139 |
| 1950 | 5,245 | #134 |
| 1949 | 5,377 | #130 |
| 1948 | 5,017 | #143 |
| 1947 | 5,124 | #145 |
| 1946 | 4,550 | #143 |
| 1945 | 3,973 | #127 |
| 1944 | 3,964 | #128 |
| 1943 | 4,160 | #130 |
| 1942 | 4,220 | #123 |
| 1941 | 3,553 | #135 |
| 1940 | 3,384 | #138 |
| 1939 | 3,272 | #139 |
| 1938 | 3,266 | #140 |
| 1937 | 3,050 | #147 |
| 1936 | 2,902 | #153 |
| 1935 | 3,166 | #141 |
| 1934 | 3,152 | #147 |
| 1933 | 3,132 | #140 |
| 1932 | 3,428 | #131 |
| 1931 | 3,407 | #132 |
| 1930 | 3,550 | #129 |
| 1929 | 3,598 | #126 |
| 1928 | 3,871 | #124 |
| 1927 | 4,226 | #117 |
| 1926 | 4,204 | #114 |
| 1925 | 4,430 | #104 |
| 1924 | 4,614 | #104 |
| 1923 | 4,595 | #105 |
| 1922 | 4,616 | #104 |
| 1921 | 4,774 | #101 |
| 1920 | 4,671 | #101 |
| 1919 | 4,487 | #99 |
| 1918 | 4,795 | #96 |
| 1917 | 4,506 | #96 |
| 1916 | 4,413 | #95 |
| 1915 | 4,361 | #91 |
| 1914 | 3,712 | #83 |
| 1913 | 2,855 | #90 |
| 1912 | 2,608 | #84 |
| 1911 | 1,398 | #104 |
| 1910 | 1,129 | #116 |
| 1909 | 983 | #115 |
| 1908 | 965 | #117 |
| 1907 | 892 | #118 |
| 1906 | 789 | #122 |
| 1905 | 863 | #109 |
| 1904 | 727 | #125 |
| 1903 | 741 | #117 |
| 1902 | 702 | #122 |
| 1901 | 628 | #122 |
| 1900 | 883 | #116 |
| 1899 | 704 | #112 |
| 1898 | 749 | #114 |
| 1897 | 759 | #102 |
| 1896 | 734 | #107 |
| 1895 | 814 | #98 |
| 1894 | 776 | #96 |
| 1893 | 856 | #85 |
| 1892 | 902 | #83 |
| 1891 | 759 | #85 |
| 1890 | 820 | #84 |
| 1889 | 810 | #83 |
| 1888 | 931 | #71 |
| 1887 | 802 | #70 |
| 1886 | 870 | #65 |
| 1885 | 888 | #61 |
| 1884 | 945 | #54 |
| 1883 | 937 | #43 |
| 1882 | 1,003 | #39 |
| 1881 | 919 | #38 |
| 1880 | 1,024 | #33 |