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Samson

Boy

Origin of the name

Samson is a hero of the Bible with prodigious strength, which he loses when Delilah has his hair cut.

Rising name

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2025 was its best year: 639 births, or 1 baby in 5,188. The momentum is recent: births are up 30% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. In 2025, it ranked No. 477. 30% of all babies named Samson since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
12,879births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 477rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Samson are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Samson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Samson is most common in Hawaii (12.6 times), Washington (1.7) and Arizona (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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