# Samual (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samual/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,594 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,594 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 566, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,167 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,513 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,755 |
| 2014 | 20 | 4,834 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,139 |
| 2016 | 33 | 3,422 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,440 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,429 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,484 |
| 2020 | 33 | 3,405 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,903 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,763 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,097 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,416 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,110 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 31 | 848 |
| 2008 | 26 | 987 |
| 2009 | 32 | 868 |
| 2010 | 31 | 918 |
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.