How rare is the name Samual?

6,688 people in the United States have the first name Samual, about 1 in 45,160. It ranks #3,216 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMUAL

#3,216

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,688
About
1 in 45,160
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,688 people named Samual, 69.9% reported their origin as White, 13.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Samual peaked in 1997, when 127 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1997
Births that year
127
In 2025*
12 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,594 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Samual by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,623. The largest share of babies named Samual, 25.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,62358
1890s#2,77024
1900s#2,50659
1910s#2,893177
1920s#2,467340
1930s#2,452301
1940s#2,633315
1950s#2,773386
1960s#2,899411
1970s#3,057478
1980s#2,854656
1990s#2,713974
2000s#3,578904
2010s#6,652392
2020s#10,370119
Before 19011.6%
Greatest Generation 1901–278.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.3%
Baby boom 1946–6413%
Generation X 1965–8013.2%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–1225.4%
2013 and later6.1%

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 Samual is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samual has been most common in Wisconsin (3.2×), Minnesota (3.1×), and Indiana (3.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.67×).

1,017 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 Samual

#3,213 Lanny · 6,691#3,215 Yue · 6,690#3,217 Lucie · 6,686#3,218 Jaelynn · 6,684

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Samual, most common first.

#73 Samuel · 566,085#27,122 Samuil · 339#44,702 Samul · 154#48,328 Sammual · 132#51,501 Samueal · 113

Also a last name

As a last name, Samual ranks #129,703 of 156,621, with 137 people. See Samual as a last name

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