boys:
11.6k births since 1892
#1066 (77th percentile)
overall:
11.6k births since 1892
#2445 (68th percentile)
The name Samson is the #2,445 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11,644 recorded births since 1892. This represents the 68.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 68.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,066 (76.8% percentile) for all time with 11,644 births since 1892.
Samson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1892 (first recorded for boys in 1892). Birth data for Samson is available in 119 out of the 132 years between 1892 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Samson reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 46.2% percentile (ranked #491) with 280 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 280 births per million (ranked 46.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Samson is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #491 (46.2% percentile) with 280 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samson".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Samson is pronounced as SAM-suhn, which has 2 syllables.
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