Samual

maleStatistical record

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

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

Samual: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #519, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#519highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#520
1997	#528
1998	#519
1999	#586
2000	#731
2001	#668
2002	#781
2003	#519
2004	#731
2005	#691
2006	#914
2007	#848
2008	#987
2009	#868
2010	#918
2011	#1158
2012	#1756
2013	#2055
2014	#1935
2015	#2319
2016	#2556
2017	#3040
2018	#2445
2019	#4702
2020	#4608
2023	#4991

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 England and Wales in 26 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #987 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #520 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2023
Highest recorded position: #519 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2023).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Samual by decade in England and Wales · 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 Samual in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	136	4 of 10	34
2000sbusiest	303	10 of 10	30
2010s	121	10 of 10	12
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Samual 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #519 in England and Wales in 2003.

Samual'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#918	31	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#848	31	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#914	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#691	37	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#731	31	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#781	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#668	27	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#586	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#519	37	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#528	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#520	34	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #519, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 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.

Samreet · #2411, 15y
Samson · #342, 44y
Samuel · #3, 73y
Samuele · #1812, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alvina · #519, 25y
Carey · #519, 21y
Amine · #518, 29y
Andrey · #518, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Sulayman · #519, 30y
Amine · #518, 29y
Braydon · #518, 29y
Eren · #518, 29y

Samual was ranked #519 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Samual 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Samual without appearing here.

Samual moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #528 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #519 and #669.

Moved ahead of Samual

Ole Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #3959 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #1745.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2319 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2445 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Samual

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Samual

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Samual went from #520 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #519 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Samual

Samual at a glance

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Popularity journey

Samual by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Samual at a glance

Samual by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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