Sammuel

Gender: Boy
Say it: SAM-yoo-el
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #4,395 for boys

Sammuel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).

What does Sammuel mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Samuel

“God has heard”

Samuel was the Hebrew prophet who anointed Saul and then David as kings of Israel.

Meaning borrowed from Samuel. More on Wiktionary.

Is Sammuel a girl's or a boy's name?

Sammuel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sammuel in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,395th among boys
Babies in 2025: 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 12% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Sammuel, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the boys named Sammuel in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,404 boys in the US were given Sammuel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.

Samuel 8,334
Samael 35
Sammuel 23
Samual 12

1917Busiest: 61 in 20092025

Sammuel in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	23	#4,395
2024	32	#3,522
2023	20	#4,882
2022	26	#4,086
2021	24	#4,243
2020	27	#3,808
2019	27	#3,896
2018	31	#3,520
2017	21	#4,590
2016	26	#3,989
2015	26	#3,980
2014	25	#4,011
2013	41	#2,802
2012	45	#2,677
2011	51	#2,436
2010	42	#2,825
2009	61	#2,182
2008	56	#2,326
2007	56	#2,304
2006	49	#2,476
2005	54	#2,202
2004	40	#2,639
2003	56	#2,027
2002	31	#2,939
2001	34	#2,737
2000	42	#2,294
1999	26	#3,099
1998	52	#1,868
1997	31	#2,542
1996	30	#2,530
1995	29	#2,551
1994	38	#2,118
1993	33	#2,290
1992	35	#2,169
1991	31	#2,289
1990	40	#1,904
1989	45	#1,700
1988	37	#1,810
1987	24	#2,329
1986	31	#1,915
1985	28	#2,018
1984	27	#1,978
1983	20	#2,407
1982	23	#2,206
1981	20	#2,417
1980	21	#2,366
1979	19	#2,464
1978	16	#2,668
1977	14	#2,909
1976	23	#2,053
1975	15	#2,635
1974	11	#3,118
1973	22	#1,927
1972	18	#2,158
1971	11	#2,971
1970	29	#1,581
1969	17	#2,045
1968	27	#1,505
1967	18	#1,852
1966	21	#1,683
1965	22	#1,668
1964	25	#1,580
1963	22	#1,694
1962	26	#1,545
1961	28	#1,520
1960	23	#1,691
1959	27	#1,521
1958	29	#1,445
1957	34	#1,344
1956	35	#1,297
1955	34	#1,293
1954	36	#1,241
1953	34	#1,279
1952	34	#1,267
1951	28	#1,406
1950	27	#1,394
1949	30	#1,321
1948	23	#1,518
1947	16	#1,915
1946	22	#1,508
1945	26	#1,295
1944	14	#1,889
1943	15	#1,909
1942	22	#1,496
1941	12	#2,083
1940	12	#2,081
1939	11	#2,159
1938	8	#2,646
1937	10	#2,332
1936	12	#2,062
1935	10	#2,396
1934	13	#2,022
1933	6	#3,267
1932	8	#2,849
1931	10	#2,470
1930	7	#3,287
1929	8	#2,978
1928	14	#2,162
1927	14	#2,193
1926	7	#3,383
1925	8	#3,153
1924	12	#2,473
1923	8	#3,173
1922	6	#3,870
1921	10	#2,803
1920	5	#4,284
1919	0	–
1918	5	#4,178
1917	7	#3,216