Samuel

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Samuel is a male name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "name of God", deriving from the Hebrew Shem + สพฤ’l.

From Wikipedia

Samuel first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 1,362 babies (rank #41 that year). In 2024 it was given to 839 boys (rank #45). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Samuel

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Samuel yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

26,586
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
1,362
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1999497#79
2000572#75
2001701#69
2002722#66
2003789#63
2004840#61
2005803#63
2006932#57
2007883#59
2008940#57
2009976#56
20101,194#49
20111,347#42
20121,238#43
20131,153#45
20141,362#41
20151,321#40
20161,265#41
20171,329#41
20181,347#38
20191,148#41
20201,110#39
20211,133#40
20221,140#38
20231,005#40
2024839#45