Boy · #477 in 2025

Samson

Samson: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#477
Born 2025
639
Peak year
2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Samson per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2025. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Samson has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. 2025 is its highest share on record.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.