NameTides

Samson

Samson was the #477 boys' name in the US in 2025 (639 babies), and #798 in England & Wales and #756 in Canada.

Samson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Samson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#477 (639)#798 (41)———#756 (35)
2024#522 (585)#651 (57)#619 (4)—#785 (3)#729 (36)
2023#563 (517)#728 (46)———#693 (37)
2022#582 (491)#679 (50)———#809 (31)
2021#590 (473)#610 (61)#720 (3)——#910 (26)
2020#566 (495)#656 (52)———#925 (25)
2019#571 (488)#589 (63)——#764 (3)#681 (37)
2018#546 (512)#545 (69)———#732 (34)
2017#602 (440)#563 (69)#602 (4)—#710 (3)#764 (32)
2016#576 (481)#452 (90)———#588 (46)
2015#618 (434)#465 (87)#686 (3)#342 (4)#615 (4)#659 (39)
2014#627 (420)#611 (57)#680 (3)—#468 (7)#620 (43)
2013#669 (360)#475 (81)#687 (3)——#598 (45)
2012#802 (280)#592 (59)———#640 (38)
2011#867 (243)#490 (74)———#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #477.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,400 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #398ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #379INOhio: #411OHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #531CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #468CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #295KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #527AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #282OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #407GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #469TXFlorida: #499FL
Samson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#84913

Samson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SamsonCanadaBoys#75635
SamsonEngland & WalesBoys#79841
SamsonIrelandBoys—too few
SamsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SamsonScotlandBoys—too few
SamsonUSBoys#477639