Sampson
Sampson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 33 births. Its best rank was 415th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 330.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201761 births
- Best rank
- #415in 1898
- Since 1880
- 3,866people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,866 boys have been named Sampson in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 61 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 2010s alone account for 12%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sampson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 76 | |
| 1890s | 103 | |
| 1900s | 118 | |
| 1910s | 249 | |
| 1920s | 348 | |
| 1930s | 266 | |
| 1940s | 246 | |
| 1950s | 303 | |
| 1960s | 243 | |
| 1970s | 222 | |
| 1980s | 312 | |
| 1990s | 365 | |
| 2000s | 354 | |
| 2010s | 445 | |
| 2020s | 216 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Sampson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Sampson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Mackpeak 1942
- Richmondpeak 1921
- Levypeak 2021
- Johnsonpeak 2000
- Luciouspeak 1926
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Evanspeak 2024
- Pricepeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.