NameTides

Samuel

Samuel was the #18 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,334 babies), and #66 in England & Wales and #30 in Canada.

Samuel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Samuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Samuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#18 (8,334)#66 (768)#65 (71)#69 (34)#76 (78)#30 (645)#38 (165)#49 (131)
2024#17 (8,355)#60 (857)#69 (73)#64 (40)#70 (83)#25 (717)#51 (141)#48 (139)
2023#19 (8,038)#62 (878)#88 (60)#79 (32)#90 (66)#32 (623)#39 (171)#45 (130)
2022#19 (8,427)#60 (987)#91 (61)#67 (39)#72 (96)#25 (778)#52 (146)#55 (113)
2021#23 (8,580)#56 (1,123)#93 (66)#75 (39)#75 (89)#26 (821)#39 (210)#28 (196)
2020#25 (8,594)#47 (1,261)#80 (71)#82 (36)#67 (99)#19 (921)#32 (221)#42 (155)
2019#22 (9,322)#41 (1,540)#54 (103)#76 (42)#60 (113)#19 (995)#25 (258)#37 (180)
2018#21 (9,854)#33 (1,788)#56 (107)#69 (44)#54 (141)#15 (1,120)#30 (241)#25 (203)
2017#21 (10,449)#29 (2,083)#38 (135)#62 (50)#52 (150)#13 (1,216)#17 (299)#20 (225)
2016#21 (10,621)#24 (2,413)#39 (152)#53 (58)#38 (193)#14 (1,301)#15 (350)#19 (218)
2015#23 (10,905)#23 (2,705)#39 (157)#47 (62)#41 (176)#10 (1,458)#13 (361)#21 (204)
2014#23 (11,029)#21 (3,021)#38 (166)#44 (69)#43 (193)#10 (1,493)#18 (359)#19 (235)
2013#25 (11,141)#20 (3,188)#46 (153)#39 (67)#33 (217)#10 (1,642)#16 (403)#16 (266)
2012#25 (11,470)#15 (3,499)#49 (145)#44 (69)#40 (213)#9 (1,699)#19 (356)#14 (285)
2011#26 (11,366)#15 (3,803)#44 (174)#42 (74)#39 (230)#9 (1,699)#15 (460)#16 (279)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #17.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 350common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 240common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 300common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 250common

Next year

On its recent trend, Samuel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 210 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 200 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samuel by state, 2025Alaska: #14AKMaine: #74MEWisconsin: #27WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #46NHWashington: #9WAIdaho: #21IDMontana: #27MTNorth Dakota: #32NDMinnesota: #33MNIllinois: #31ILMichigan: #36MINew York: #38NYMassachusetts: #17MAOregon: #15ORNevada: #25NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #46SDIowa: #34IAIndiana: #12INOhio: #30OHPennsylvania: #21PANew Jersey: #35NJConnecticut: #31CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #34CAUtah: #28UTColorado: #32CONebraska: #21NEMissouri: #15MOKentucky: #15KYWest Virginia: #23WVVirginia: #15VAMaryland: #22MDDelaware: #32DEArizona: #23AZNew Mexico: #19NMKansas: #22KSArkansas: #12ARTennessee: #14TNNorth Carolina: #13NCSouth Carolina: #14SCDistrict of Columbia: #10DCOklahoma: #13OKLouisiana: #15LAMississippi: #19MSAlabama: #7ALGeorgia: #19GAHawaii: #34HITexas: #16TXFlorida: #22FL
Samuel (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#36245
Quebec2025#46125

Samuel (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
SamuelCanadaGirls—too few
SamuelCanadaBoys#30645
SamuelEngland & WalesBoys#66768
SamuelIrelandBoys#7678
SamuelNorthern IrelandBoys#6934
SamuelNSWBoys#38165
SamuelScotlandBoys#6571
SamuelUSGirls#10,9178
SamuelUSBoys#188,334
SamuelVICBoys#49131