Samuel

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Also spelled: Samuël (13)

Meaning

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

From Wikipedia

Samuel first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 252 babies (rank #55 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,498

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

252

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Also a character in

In Bible: Samuel — prophet
In Élite: Samuel — working-class scholarship student

Famous people named Samuel

Samuel BeckettFrench resistance fighter · b. 1906
Samuel Johnsonlexicographer · b. 1709
Samuel Taylor Coleridgecritic · b. 1772
Samuel Finley Breese Morseuniversity teacher · b. 1791
Samuel L. Jacksonfilm actor · b. 1948

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1955	17	#383
1956	24	#326
1957	16	#402
1958	21	#371
1959	15	#450
1960	17	#420
1961	23	#376
1962	18	#429
1963	25	#384
1964	15	#479
1965	24	#390
1966	19	#440
1967	22	#416
1968	27	#366
1969	23	#412
1970	23	#422
1972	14	#548
1973	22	#416
1974	28	#362
1975	21	#417
1976	28	#366
1977	30	#352
1978	39	#300
1979	47	#272
1980	34	#349
1981	35	#345
1982	31	#371
1983	45	#287
1984	36	#339
1985	45	#309
1986	48	#288
1987	60	#260
1988	58	#268
1989	59	#271
1990	59	#283
1991	66	#270
1992	90	#204
1993	100	#190
1994	104	#192
1995	97	#192
1996	146	#135
1997	151	#132
1998	167	#126
1999	184	#115
2000	182	#112
2001	200	#102
2002	204	#100
2003	230	#90
2004	221	#84
2005	225	#78
2006	222	#80
2007	210	#81
2008	224	#81
2009	228	#75
2010	248	#70
2011	221	#73
2012	224	#72
2013	252	#55
2014	234	#61