Samual
Boy · SAM-yoo-ul · Hebrew
Samual is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “name of God; God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Samual mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Samuel
“name of God; God has heard”
Samuel was the prophet who anointed Saul and then David as kings of Israel.
- Say it
- SAM-yoo-ul
Is Samual a girl's or a boy's name?
Samual is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samual in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 45 boys.
Half of all the boys named Samual in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Samual in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 32 | #896 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 38 | #742 |
| 2004 | 33 | #763 |
| 2003 | 45 | #571 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 31 | #633 |
| 1998 | 38 | #550 |
| 1997 | 34 | #571 |
| 1996 | 34 | #548 |
How popular is Samual in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Samual, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 127 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Samual than any year since 1913.
Half of all the boys named Samual in the US since 1880 were born between 1953 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,404 boys in the US were given Samual or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #25, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Samual in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,909 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 74 | #1,912 |
| 2006 | 85 | #1,669 |
| 2005 | 92 | #1,533 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,458 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,464 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,212 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 93 | #1,358 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 116 | #1,102 |
| 1997 | 127 | #1,004 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,165 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,147 |
| 1994 | 79 | #1,308 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,104 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,276 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,221 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,161 |
| 1989 | 91 | #1,105 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,281 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,253 |
| 1982 | 62 | #1,163 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,199 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,067 |
| 1979 | 65 | #1,108 |
| 1978 | 51 | #1,258 |
| 1977 | 58 | #1,144 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,294 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,326 |
| 1968 | 34 | #1,314 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,193 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,188 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1962 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,203 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,231 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,193 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,187 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,120 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,199 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1936 | 39 | #1,010 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1921 | 33 | #1,267 |
| 1920 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,238 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 9 | #946 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 6 | #906 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | 8 | #653 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Nicknames for Samual
Names like Samual
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