Description of the name "Samuel"

Samuel is most popular name in Utah of US for all generations. And most popular Boy name of Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers) in MidWest. The Short-term(recent 3 years) Trend of this Boy name is decreasing, And The Long-term(recent 25 years) Trend is decreasing.The popularity of this name is recently(3-years to 2022) stalled for male in MidWest, stalled for male in Northeast, too falling for male in South, stalled for male in West, and stalled for male in MidWeststalled for male in Northeasttoo falling for male in Southstalled for male in West

 
 
 

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Visualized Trend by Regions for 'Samuel'
Visualized Trend by States for 'Samuel'

 
 
 

The total number and actual popularities of births of the name "Samuel"

Years with the same rank do not necessarily indicate the same number of births. Name data come from Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.  
 
 

The rankings of the name "Samuel" by years

 
 
 

Name Rankings by Generations

 
In the G.I. Generation(1901~1927), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 42nd out of 1654 names.
In the Silent Generation(1928~1945), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 63rd out of 1332 names.
In the Baby Boomers(1946~1964), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 78th out of 1361 names.
In the Generation X (Gen X)(1965~1980), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 67th out of 1399 names.
In the Millennials (Gen Y)(1981~1996), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 47th out of 1406 names.
In the Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)(1997~2012), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 25th out of 1436 names.
In the Generation Alpha(2013~2023), the popularity of name "Samuel" is 22nd out of 1274 names.

 
 

Name Rankings by Generations and Regions

TOP(%) MidWest Northeast South West
G.I. Generation
(1901~1927)
- - - -
Silent Generation
(1928~1945)
- - - -
Baby Boomers
(1946~1964)
56.99%
106th/186
40.64%
76th/187
30.23%
65th/215
53.11%
128th/241
Generation X (Gen X)
(1965~1980)
28.99%
80th/276
21.25%
61st/287
14.96%
51st/341
17.23%
66th/383
Millennials (Gen Y)
(1981~1996)
16.38%
47th/287
15.65%
46th/294
11.70%
44th/376
11.14%
44th/395
Generation Z (Gen Z or Zoomers)
(1997~2012)
5.85%
20th/342
7.71%
27th/350
5.62%
25th/445
5.39%
25th/464
Generation Alpha
(2013~2023)
8.54%
24th/281
9.03%
28th/310
4.96%
19th/383
6.10%
26th/426
 
 

Popularities by States

In this context, popularity is determined by dividing the number of births with a specific name in a given state by the total number of births in that state. This method provides an absolute measure of popularity that remains unaffected by population size.