How rare is the name Samson?

10,470 people in the United States have the first name Samson, about 1 in 28,847. It ranks #2,391 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMSON

#2,391

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,470
About
1 in 28,847
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,470 people named Samson, 40.4% reported their origin as White, 26.2% as Black and 15.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Samson peaked in 2025, when 639 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18922025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
639
In 2025*
639
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 12,879 babies have been given the name since 1892. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Samson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,115. The largest share of babies named Samson, 49.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#2,92519
1900s#3,69518
1910s#3,428135
1920s#3,875169
1930s#3,901138
1940s#4,071145
1950s#3,567243
1960s#3,810255
1970s#2,865530
1980s#2,268937
1990s#2,2871,273
2000s#2,1131,915
2010s#1,3693,902
2020s#1,1153,200
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.2%
Silent Generation 1928–452%
Baby boom 1946–643.3%
Generation X 1965–805.8%
Millennials 1981–9613.2%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later49.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Samson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samson has been most common in Hawaii (12×), Utah (2.5×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.51×).

9,180 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Samson

#2,389 Maximo · 10,476#2,390 Katheryn · 10,471#2,392 Soledad · 10,465#2,393 Kolby · 10,460

Also a last name

As a last name, Samson ranks #2,944 of 156,621, with 11,963 people. See Samson as a last name

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