SAMUEL is ranked as the 219th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 312,800.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 98.1 people named SAMUEL for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 93% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SAMUEL is 555,046.
The SSA data also shows that SAMUEL is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SAMUEL is
65.0% White,
16.1% Hispanic origin,
13.4% Black,
3.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SAMUEL are not any more likely to be from one specific race or Hispanic origin than any other person drawn from the general population of the US.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SAMUEL is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Hebrew masculine given name
Polish masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Biblical surname
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Masculine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SAMUEL
The state with the most people named
SAMUEL is
California where
43,707 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SAMUEL, as
171.01 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SAMUEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
7,728
60
99.4%
Indiana
4,319
65.47
99.0%
Iowa
1,690
54.39
98.5%
Kansas
1,055
36.32
97.0%
Michigan
8,641
87.2
99.7%
Minnesota
2,970
54.42
99.1%
Missouri
2,626
87.7
98.7%
Nebraska
604
32.13
95.8%
North Dakota
105
14.14
85.6%
Ohio
6,732
58.06
99.2%
South Dakota
106
12.44
85.2%
Wisconsin
3,170
55.05
99.0%
West States
State stats for the first name SAMUEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
526
71.34
94.4%
Arizona
3,993
59.33
98.8%
California
43,707
112.64
99.9%
Colorado
3,187
59.51
98.8%
Hawaii
1,367
96.27
98.9%
Idaho
679
41.56
96.0%
Montana
369
36.02
93.4%
Nevada
2,229
78.5
98.6%
New Mexico
1,448
69.42
97.5%
Oregon
2,068
52.08
98.3%
Utah
1,300
44.18
97.6%
Washington
5,652
80.03
99.5%
Wyoming
242
41.5
91.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SAMUEL
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,893
80.42
99.0%
Maine
479
35.99
94.5%
Massachusetts
4,877
72.31
99.1%
New Hampshire
458
34.51
94.9%
New Jersey
7,724
86.42
99.4%
New York
24,045
121.77
99.8%
Pennsylvania
13,293
103.96
99.6%
Rhode Island
674
63.92
97.0%
Vermont
270
43.17
95.2%
South States
State stats for the first name SAMUEL
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SAMUEL as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SAMUEL.
The most popular full name is SAMUEL Smith.
0.86% of all the people named SAMUEL
have this family name.
There are 22726 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SAMUEL