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How popular is the name Samson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Samsons are alive today.
Samson (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 798th in 2025 with 41 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2016, when 90 babies were given the name, the 452nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2025 figure is roughly 46% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Samson you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Samsons born in England and Wales are between 8 and 22, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Samson - on average, only one in every 179 such rooms contains a Samson.
How many babies are named Samson each year?
Where does Samson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Samson most popular?
Samson peaked in 2016, when 90 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Samson?
At least 1,700 people named Samson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Samson?
Most living Samsons are between 8 and 22; the most common age is about 10.
Is Samson becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2016 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.