Samson

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Samson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Samson: Recorded since 1969, it reached #342 in 2015, and it stood at #439 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#342highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#588
1997	#694
1998	#585
1999	#718
2000	#651
2001	#617
2002	#753
2003	#599
2004	#625
2005	#605
2006	#698
2007	#476
2008	#508
2009	#476
2010	#584
2011	#490
2012	#592
2013	#475
2014	#611
2015	#465
2016	#452
2017	#563
2018	#545
2019	#589
2020	#656
2021	#610
2022	#679
2023	#728
2024	#651
2025	#798

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 36 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2025: #439 among boys in Norway, #798 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #541 among boys in Norway in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #798 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Samson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 36 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 237 births with the name.

Samson across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Samson's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#541 (1969)	#349 (2017)	#439 (2025)	36 of 57	237 (1969–2025)	11 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#588 (1996)	#452 (2016)	#798 (2025)	30 of 30	1,572 (1996–2025)	90 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#379 (1999)	#347 (2001)	#785 (2024)	14 of 26	55 (1999–2024)	7 (2014)

Samson by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Samson in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980s	43	8 of 10	5
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	35	5 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	86	10 of 10	9
2020s	37	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Samson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #342 in Northern Ireland in 2015.

Samson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#798	41	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#651	57	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#728	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#610	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#589	63	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#545	69	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#563	69	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#452	90	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#465	87	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#611	57	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#475	81	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#592	59	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#490	74	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#584	58	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#476	75	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#508	68	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#476	69	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#698	38	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#605	44	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#625	39	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#651	28	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#718	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#439	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#442	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#351	9	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#491	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#436	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#355	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#349	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#359	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#429	8	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#372	11	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#431	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#483	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#541	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#558	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#498	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#560	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#640	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#509	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#638	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#599	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#558	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#510	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#655	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#593	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#384	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Samson is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Samson, between 1969 and 2025, in 44 of those 57 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1969–2025	36	#349 in 2017
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#452 in 2016
Republic of Ireland	1999–2024	14	#347 in 2001
Northern Ireland	2015	1	#342 in 2015
Scotland	2024	1	#619 in 2024

Its high point came 23 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2001) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 5 years after 1974; it appears again in 1980.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #342, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 90 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Samreen · #937, 28y
Samreet · #2411, 16y
Samual · #519, 26y
Samuel · #3, 73y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Omer · #323, 43y
Dani · #306, 46y
Huda · #396, 43y
Leni · #288, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adelaide · #342, 32y
Catrina · #343, 27y
Gwendolyn · #343, 35y
Bridin · #344, 19y

Samson was ranked #342 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Albie#342
Ali#342
Anton#342
Barra#342
Addison#415
Aironas#415
Alec#415
Andre#415

Samson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Samson without appearing here.

Samson moved ahead of

Glenn
In 2002 they stood at #753 and #633 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #599 and #1132.
Scott
In 2023 they stood at #728 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #651 and #1025.
Kenneth
In 2006 they stood at #698 and #688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #476 and #820.
Craig
In 2012 they stood at #592 and #577 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #475 and #771.

Moved ahead of Samson

Filip
In 2005 they stood at #605 and #615 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #698 and #443.
Roman
In 1999 they stood at #718 and #809 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #651 and #401.
Erik
In 2013 they stood at #475 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #611 and #367.
Jan
In 2005 they stood at #605 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #698 and #472.

Moved the opposite way to Samson

Arthur
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 while Arthur went from #330 to #47.
Blake
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 while Blake went from #222 to #119.
Caleb
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 while Caleb went from #222 to #91.
Callum
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 while Callum went from #79 to #37.

Moved the same way as Samson

Aaron
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 and Aaron from #8 to #79.
Adam
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 and Adam from #5 to #25.
Adrian
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 and Adrian from #136 to #200.
Alan
Between 1999 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Samson went from #379 to #785 and Alan from #53 to #240.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #342 in Northern Ireland in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samson

Samson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samson across 3 official records

Samson by decade in Norway · Boys

Samson appears in

Popularity data

Where Samson is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Samson

Samson and the names beside it

Samson moved ahead of

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Samson at a glance

Samson across 3 official records

Samson by decade in Norway · Boys

Samson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Samson

Samson and the names beside it

Samson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Samson

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