Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Samson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Samson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Samson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Samson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Samson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Samson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Samson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Samson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 8 0.000023925 8 -100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 -100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 7 0.000017349 7 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 -100%
1914 18 0.000012709 18 -100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 -100%
1916 20 0.000010339 20 -100%
1917 16 0.000007973 16 -100%
1918 21 0.000009672 21 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 19 0.000008397 19 -100%
1921 20 0.000008567 20 -100%
1922 16 0.000006989 16 -100%
1923 13 0.000005646 13 -100%
1924 17 0.000007138 17 -100%
1925 25 0.000010714 25 -100%
1926 11 0.000004791 11 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 21 0.000009288 21 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 16 0.000007656 16 -100%
1936 16 0.000007701 16 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 16 0.000006948 16 -100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 -100%
1942 12 0.000004393 12 -100%
1943 18 0.000006377 18 -100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 12 0.000003756 12 -100%
1947 16 0.000004442 16 -100%
1948 13 0.000003765 13 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 25 0.000007136 25 -100%
1951 23 0.000006244 23 -100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 -100%
1953 26 0.000006747 26 -100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 -100%
1955 23 0.000005728 23 -100%
1956 31 0.000007519 31 -100%
1957 21 0.000004997 21 -100%
1958 25 0.000006048 25 -100%
1959 20 0.00000481 20 -100%
1960 20 0.000004815 20 -100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 -100%
1962 24 0.000005947 24 -100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 -100%
1964 31 0.000007974 31 -100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 -100%
1966 22 0.00000633 22 -100%
1967 25 0.000007364 25 -100%
1968 31 0.000009176 31 -100%
1969 28 0.000008057 28 -100%
1970 34 0.000009427 34 -100%
1971 48 0.000013985 48 -100%
1972 35 0.000011136 35 -100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 -100%
1974 52 0.000017105 52 -100%
1975 40 0.000013248 40 -100%
1976 62 0.000020433 62 -100%
1977 76 0.000023926 76 -100%
1978 60 0.000018904 60 -100%
1979 81 0.000024346 81 -100%
1980 87 0.000025258 87 -100%
1981 85 0.000024571 85 -100%
1982 84 0.000023946 84 -100%
1983 86 0.000024832 86 -100%
1984 95 0.00002723 95 -100%
1985 109 0.00003054 109 -100%
1986 74 0.000020804 74 -100%
1987 89 0.000024684 89 -100%
1988 131 0.000035453 131 -100%
1989 97 0.000025231 97 -100%
1990 126 0.000031879 126 -100%
1991 108 0.000027726 108 -100%
1992 119 0.000030979 119 -100%
1993 123 0.000032624 123 -100%
1994 131 0.000035237 131 -100%
1995 122 0.000033314 122 -100%
1996 116 0.000031805 116 -100%
1997 135 0.000037234 135 -100%
1998 138 0.000037518 138 -100%
1999 155 0.000041961 155 -100%
2000 174 0.000046033 174 -100%
2001 173 0.000046215 173 -100%
2002 183 0.000048953 183 -100%
2003 158 0.000041554 158 -100%
2004 176 0.000046062 176 -100%
2005 151 0.000039273 151 -100%
2006 220 0.000055609 220 -100%
2007 225 0.000056283 225 -100%
2008 214 0.000054444 214 -100%
2009 241 0.000063086 241 -100%
2010 244 0.000066022 244 -100%
2011 243 0.000066434 243 -100%
2012 280 0.000076558 280 -100%
2013 360 0.000098747 360 -100%
2014 420 0.000113318 420 -100%
2015 434 0.000117268 434 -100%
2016 481 0.000131109 481 -100%
2017 440 0.000123036 440 -100%
2018 512 0.000145624 512 -100%
2019 487 0.000140308 487 -100%
2020 495 0.000148178 495 -100%
2021 473 0.000139612 473 -100%
2022 490 0.000144836 490 -100%
2023 517 0.000156137 517 -100%
2024 582 0.000174853 582 -100%

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