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Samson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 639 in 2025. Its best rank was #477 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Samson in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#477 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Samson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 639 boys in 2025. Peak: #477 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 639 (2025).
In 2025, 639 US boys were named Samson, making it the 477th most common boys’ name of the year, up 45 places from #522 in 2024. That is 54 more than the 585 boys named Samson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #477, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 639. For comparison, it was #619 in 2015 and #1,493 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Samson in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1892 with 8 babies. In all, 12,879 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,902 babies named Samson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,121 US boys were named Samson; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 639. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,673 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Samson ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #176 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. The open nickname list we use links it to Sam and Sammy.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 7 | #176 | #132 |
| Oklahoma | 17 | #291 | #511 |
| Kentucky | 18 | #303 | #675 |
| Alabama | 18 | #312 | #691 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #368 | — |
| Utah | 13 | #372 | #417 |
| Indiana | 19 | #392 | #571 |
| Georgia | 28 | #412 | #655 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #425 | #496 |
| Ohio | 26 | #425 | #979 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #427 | #820 |
| Tennessee | 19 | #428 | #732 |
| Idaho | 6 | #430 | — |
| Oregon | 9 | #435 | #487 |
| Washington | 17 | #439 | #459 |
| Michigan | 19 | #456 | #501 |
| Texas | 71 | #473 | #693 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #474 | #663 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #484 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | #485 | #791 |
| Colorado | 12 | #496 | #515 |
| Florida | 36 | #506 | #671 |
| Kansas | 7 | #510 | — |
| California | 58 | #536 | #568 |
| Arizona | 13 | #553 | #554 |
| Virginia | 14 | #555 | #867 |
| New York | 29 | #556 | #790 |
| Maryland | 9 | #559 | #627 |
| Iowa | 6 | #562 | #502 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #585 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #597 | #475 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #611 | #698 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #632 | #467 |
| Missouri | 9 | #643 | #604 |
| Illinois | 13 | #703 | #633 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,157 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 639 | #477 |
| 2024 | — | — | 585 | #522 |
| 2023 | — | — | 517 | #565 |
| 2022 | — | — | 491 | #585 |
| 2021 | — | — | 473 | #590 |
| 2020 | — | — | 495 | #566 |
| 2019 | — | — | 488 | #573 |
| 2018 | — | — | 512 | #546 |
| 2017 | — | — | 440 | #602 |
| 2016 | — | — | 481 | #577 |
| 2015 | — | — | 434 | #619 |
| 2014 | — | — | 420 | #627 |
| 2013 | — | — | 360 | #671 |
| 2012 | — | — | 280 | #802 |
| 2011 | — | — | 243 | #868 |
| 2010 | — | — | 244 | #863 |
| 2009 | — | — | 241 | #878 |
| 2008 | — | — | 214 | #945 |
| 2007 | — | — | 225 | #894 |
| 2006 | — | — | 220 | #892 |
| 2005 | — | — | 151 | #1,099 |
| 2004 | — | — | 176 | #956 |
| 2003 | — | — | 158 | #1,005 |
| 2002 | — | — | 183 | #890 |
| 2001 | — | — | 173 | #907 |
| 2000 | — | — | 174 | #897 |
| 1999 | — | — | 155 | #943 |
| 1998 | — | — | 138 | #998 |
| 1997 | — | — | 135 | #975 |
| 1996 | — | — | 116 | #1,056 |
| 1995 | — | — | 122 | #1,009 |
| 1994 | — | — | 131 | #965 |
| 1993 | — | — | 123 | #977 |
| 1992 | — | — | 119 | #995 |
| 1991 | — | — | 108 | #1,040 |
| 1990 | — | — | 126 | #920 |
| 1989 | — | — | 97 | #1,063 |
| 1988 | — | — | 131 | #831 |
| 1987 | — | — | 89 | #1,008 |
| 1986 | — | — | 74 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | — | — | 109 | #873 |
| 1984 | — | — | 95 | #907 |
| 1983 | — | — | 86 | #953 |
| 1982 | — | — | 84 | #988 |
| 1981 | — | — | 85 | #984 |
| 1980 | — | — | 87 | #965 |
| 1979 | — | — | 81 | #988 |
| 1978 | — | — | 60 | #1,147 |
| 1977 | — | — | 76 | #987 |
| 1976 | — | — | 62 | #1,065 |
| 1975 | — | — | 40 | #1,404 |
| 1974 | — | — | 52 | #1,149 |
| 1973 | — | — | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1972 | — | — | 35 | #1,447 |
| 1971 | — | — | 48 | #1,197 |
| 1970 | — | — | 34 | #1,458 |
| 1969 | — | — | 28 | #1,560 |
| 1968 | — | — | 31 | #1,422 |
| 1967 | — | — | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1966 | — | — | 22 | #1,678 |
| 1965 | — | — | 21 | #1,769 |
| 1964 | — | — | 31 | #1,428 |
| 1963 | — | — | 24 | #1,656 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,666 |
| 1961 | — | — | 29 | #1,516 |
| 1960 | — | — | 20 | #1,850 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,856 |
| 1958 | — | — | 25 | #1,585 |
| 1957 | — | — | 21 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,413 |
| 1955 | — | — | 23 | #1,639 |
| 1954 | — | — | 22 | #1,663 |
| 1953 | — | — | 26 | #1,505 |
| 1952 | — | — | 27 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | — | — | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1950 | — | — | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1949 | — | — | 11 | #2,433 |
| 1948 | — | — | 13 | #2,204 |
| 1947 | — | — | 16 | #1,979 |
| 1946 | — | — | 12 | #2,255 |
| 1945 | — | — | 15 | #1,843 |
| 1944 | — | — | 18 | #1,676 |
| 1943 | — | — | 18 | #1,755 |
| 1942 | — | — | 12 | #2,246 |
| 1941 | — | — | 14 | #1,982 |
| 1940 | — | — | 16 | #1,791 |
| 1939 | — | — | 11 | #2,268 |
| 1938 | — | — | 13 | #2,077 |
| 1937 | — | — | 8 | #2,874 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,785 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,824 |
| 1934 | — | — | 13 | #2,107 |
| 1933 | — | — | 10 | #2,515 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,838 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1930 | — | — | 18 | #1,809 |
| 1929 | — | — | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1928 | — | — | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1927 | — | — | 16 | #2,114 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | — | — | 25 | #1,527 |
| 1924 | — | — | 17 | #2,034 |
| 1923 | — | — | 13 | #2,423 |
| 1922 | — | — | 16 | #2,130 |
| 1921 | — | — | 20 | #1,818 |
| 1920 | — | — | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1919 | — | — | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1918 | — | — | 21 | #1,701 |
| 1917 | — | — | 16 | #1,974 |
| 1916 | — | — | 20 | #1,636 |
| 1915 | — | — | 12 | #2,281 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,479 |
| 1913 | — | — | 11 | #1,787 |
| 1912 | — | — | 9 | #1,861 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,513 |
| 1904 | — | — | 7 | #1,045 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,280 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,283 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,270 |
| 1897 | — | — | 6 | #1,040 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #852 |
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).