Samson
Boy · SAM-son · Hebrew
Samson is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “of the sun”. In 2025 it ranked 854th for boys in the UK (41 babies) and 477th for boys in the US (639 babies).
What does Samson mean?
Hebrew
“of the sun”
In the Book of Judges, Samson is the strong man whose power lay in his uncut hair, betrayed by Delilah.
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Is Samson a girl's or a boy's name?
Samson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the UK and 639 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #854among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 7,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were named Samson, making it the 854th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 700th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 94 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Samson than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Samson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales.
Samson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #854 |
| 2024 | 61 | #672 |
| 2023 | 47 | #779 |
| 2022 | 50 | #744 |
| 2021 | 64 | #640 |
| 2020 | 54 | #700 |
| 2019 | 64 | #630 |
| 2018 | 70 | #588 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 90 | #501 |
| 2015 | 94 | #482 |
| 2014 | 60 | #646 |
| 2013 | 84 | #510 |
| 2012 | 59 | #648 |
| 2011 | 75 | #532 |
| 2010 | 61 | #614 |
| 2009 | 76 | #512 |
| 2008 | 69 | #547 |
| 2007 | 69 | #525 |
| 2006 | 39 | #744 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 39 | #680 |
| 2003 | 38 | #646 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 31 | #656 |
| 2000 | 29 | #688 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 31 | #637 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 28 | #629 |
How popular is Samson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #477among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 639about 1 in 2,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 639 boys in the US were named Samson, making it the 477th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 566th. It first appears in the records in 1892.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Samson of any year since it first appeared, in 1892.
Half of all the boys named Samson in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 639 | #477 |
| 2024 | 585 | #522 |
| 2023 | 517 | #563 |
| 2022 | 491 | #582 |
| 2021 | 473 | #590 |
| 2020 | 495 | #566 |
| 2019 | 488 | #571 |
| 2018 | 512 | #546 |
| 2017 | 440 | #602 |
| 2016 | 481 | #576 |
| 2015 | 434 | #618 |
| 2014 | 420 | #627 |
| 2013 | 360 | #669 |
| 2012 | 280 | #802 |
| 2011 | 243 | #867 |
| 2010 | 244 | #860 |
| 2009 | 241 | #875 |
| 2008 | 214 | #944 |
| 2007 | 225 | #892 |
| 2006 | 220 | #891 |
| 2005 | 151 | #1,092 |
| 2004 | 176 | #953 |
| 2003 | 158 | #1,000 |
| 2002 | 183 | #888 |
| 2001 | 173 | #906 |
| 2000 | 174 | #893 |
| 1999 | 155 | #938 |
| 1998 | 138 | #992 |
| 1997 | 135 | #970 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,047 |
| 1995 | 122 | #1,002 |
| 1994 | 131 | #960 |
| 1993 | 123 | #972 |
| 1992 | 119 | #984 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,032 |
| 1990 | 126 | #910 |
| 1989 | 97 | #1,053 |
| 1988 | 131 | #826 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,003 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,087 |
| 1985 | 109 | #866 |
| 1984 | 95 | #900 |
| 1983 | 86 | #949 |
| 1982 | 84 | #981 |
| 1981 | 85 | #976 |
| 1980 | 87 | #963 |
| 1979 | 81 | #984 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,134 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 62 | #1,056 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,135 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,268 |
| 1972 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,181 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 21 | #1,719 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,624 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 23 | #1,610 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,460 |
| 1951 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1950 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 18 | #1,629 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 14 | #1,903 |
| 1940 | 16 | #1,736 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,159 |
| 1938 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,777 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,899 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,441 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 7 | #966 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
Nicknames for Samson
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
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