Samual Boy
How popular is Samual?
#6,799 boy name in 2025
12 baby boys were named Samual in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
Samual popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,799 for boys (▼ 605 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,084 in 2015, #3,342 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (127 boys) |
| Highest rank | #611 in 1882 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samual counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samuel family of names ranked #22 for boys in 2025, with 8,376 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Samual is most popular
Babies named Samual per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Samual by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 58 | #611 |
| 1890s | 24 | #803 |
| 1900s | 59 | #743 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,238 |
| 1920s | 340 | #1,078 |
| 1930s | 301 | #1,010 |
| 1940s | 315 | #1,018 |
| 1950s | 386 | #959 |
| 1960s | 411 | #1,020 |
| 1970s | 478 | #1,108 |
| 1980s | 656 | #1,067 |
| 1990s | 974 | #1,004 |
| 2000s | 904 | #1,212 |
| 2010s | 392 | #2,144 |
| 2020s | 119 | #3,342 |
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Questions
- Is Samual a boy or girl name?
- Samual is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samual were boys.
- How popular is the name Samual?
- 12 baby boys were named Samual in the US in 2025, making it the 6799th most popular boy name.
- When was Samual most popular?
- Samual peaked in 1997, when 127 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #611 in 1882.
- How many people are named Samual?
- 5,594 babies have been named Samual in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,212 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 34.
- Where is Samual most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samual was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.