Samael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAM-ay-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Samael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “venom of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Samael mean?
Hebrew: name from Jewish tradition
“venom of God”
In Talmudic and later Jewish lore, Samael is an archangel identified with the accuser and the angel of death.
Is Samael a girl's or a boy's name?
Samael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,313th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Samael, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Samael than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Samael in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,404 boys in the US were given Samael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Samael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,298 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Nicknames for Samael
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Asaiah, Zamir, Salem, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Azaiah, Azael, Zahir, Zayd, Hamza, Abdiel
Other spellings of Samael
Names related to Samael
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Samael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samael, updated 20 October 2026.