Sampson
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Sampson is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Sampson mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sampson a girl's or a boy's name?
Sampson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sampson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Sampson, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 12 boys.
2025 had more boys named Sampson than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Sampson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Sampson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Sampson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Sampson, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 61 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sampson in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sampson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 46 | #2,731 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,900 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,091 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 34 | #2,294 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,077 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 28 | #1,904 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,872 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 21 | #1,938 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1964 | 27 | #1,509 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,381 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,415 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,293 |
| 1954 | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,507 |
| 1952 | 33 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,204 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,377 |
| 1947 | 19 | #1,732 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,326 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,214 |
| 1942 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,633 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,243 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,494 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,551 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,281 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,145 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,353 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,120 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,140 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,063 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 34 | #949 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 23 | #935 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 13 | #804 |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 10 | #865 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 20 | #534 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 23 | #409 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 7 | #899 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 8 | #700 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Sampson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sampson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sampson, updated 20 October 2026.