Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sampson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sampson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2017

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20172024

Peak year

2017

Decline from peak

45.9%

2024

All-time

3,866

Sampson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2017, when 61 boys were named Sampson.

In 2024, only 33 boys were given the name.

Down 45.9% from its peak.

All told, about 3,866 Americans have been named Sampson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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