Samuel

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Gender

Male

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Origin

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Syllables

2

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Themes

Biblical, Exotic

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Alternate Spellings of Samuel

Schmuel, Sami

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Pronunciation

s(a)-muel

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Famous People

Actor Samuel L. Jackson, Writer Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, Opera singer Samuel Ramey, Actor Sammy Davis Jr., Baseball player Sammy Sosa

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Celebrity Babies

Son of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, Son of Bob Dylan, Son of Jack Black, Son of Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts, Son of Sally Field, Son of Jeremy Irons, Son of Jessica Lange and Sam Shepard

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Popularity in the USA

• Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #26, 14,787 births); most recent 2025 (rank #18, 8,334 births)
• Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #1760, 64 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)

Births by year in the USA

Year	Boys	Girls
2025	8,334	8
2024	8,310	7
2023	8,019	10
2022	8,414	8
2021	8,573	6
2020	8,585	14
2019	9,321	10
2018	9,850	12
2017	10,447	16
2016	10,615	16

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Popularity in England and Wales

• Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #7, 6,367 births); most recent 2025 (rank #66, 768 births)

Births by year in England and Wales

Year	Boys
2025	768
2024	857
2023	878
2022	987
2021	1,123
2020	1,261
2019	1,540
2018	1,788
2017	2,083
2016	2,413

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Popularity in France

• Boys: peak in 1979 (rank #43, 2,334 births); most recent 2023 (rank #64, 977 births)
• Girls: peak in 2002 (rank #2221, 9 births); most recent 2005 (rank #4906, 3 births)

Births by year in France

Year	Boys	Girls
2023	977	–
2022	1,208	–
2021	1,310	–
2020	1,433	–
2019	1,517	–
2018	1,595	–
2017	1,672	–
2016	1,562	–
2015	1,497	–
2014	1,664	–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

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