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Samson

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #618, 2016: #576, 2017: #602, 2018: #546, 2019: #571, 2020: #566, 2021: #590, 2022: #582, 2023: #563, 2024: #522, 2025: #4771 in 2,673 boys in the US, 2025#477 · rising · was #618 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #465, 2016: #452, 2017: #563, 2018: #545, 2019: #589, 2020: #656, 2021: #610, 2022: #679, 2023: #728, 2024: #651, 2025: #7981 in 6,633 boys in E&W, 2025#798 · falling · was #465 in 2015

Boy’s name · Hebrew · /ˈsæmsən/

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What Samson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Samson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Samson?

US 2025
#477
639 babies
▲ 45 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#798
41 babies
▼ 147 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #618 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #465 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 639 boys got the name (#477 that year). First in the US records in 1892.

How common

  • About 1 in 2,673 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 6,633 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (2.4 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.96 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.88 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Samson is #477 in the US and #798 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#4776391 in 2,673#618
England & Wales#798411 in 6,633#465
Scotland––––

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Samson were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250639
England & Wales 2025041
US all years since 1880012,879
England & Wales since 199601,572

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/ˈsæmsən/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

  • Sampson

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

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Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Samson’s. Rank is US 2025.

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