Meaning not yet researched.
Sampson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 34 in 2025. Its best rank was #415 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #415 in 1898; #3,435 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sampson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,435 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #415.
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Sampson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 34 boys in 2025. Peak: #415 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 61 (2017).
In 2025, 34 US boys were named Sampson, making it the 3,435th most common boys’ name of the year, up 11 places from #3,446 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 34 boys named Sampson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #415, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 61, in 2017. For comparison, it was #2,323 in 2015 and #1,426 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sampson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 5 babies with the name. In all, 3,901 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 445 babies named Sampson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 454 US boys were named Sampson; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 61. In 2025 that was about 1 in 50,238 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Sam and Sammy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 34 | #3,435 |
| 2024 | — | — | 34 | #3,446 |
| 2023 | — | — | 38 | #3,216 |
| 2022 | — | — | 42 | #2,989 |
| 2021 | — | — | 46 | #2,766 |
| 2020 | — | — | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2019 | — | — | 41 | #2,986 |
| 2018 | — | — | 50 | #2,572 |
| 2017 | — | — | 61 | #2,213 |
| 2016 | — | — | 51 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | — | — | 57 | #2,323 |
| 2014 | — | — | 42 | #2,838 |
| 2013 | — | — | 39 | #2,943 |
| 2012 | — | — | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2011 | — | — | 35 | #3,228 |
| 2010 | — | — | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2009 | — | — | 34 | #3,319 |
| 2008 | — | — | 40 | #2,998 |
| 2007 | — | — | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2006 | — | — | 37 | #3,019 |
| 2005 | — | — | 35 | #3,004 |
| 2004 | — | — | 29 | #3,355 |
| 2003 | — | — | 34 | #2,915 |
| 2002 | — | — | 35 | #2,740 |
| 2001 | — | — | 31 | #2,978 |
| 2000 | — | — | 36 | #2,614 |
| 1999 | — | — | 51 | #1,926 |
| 1998 | — | — | 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 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).