Samson: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced SAM-suhn · 2 syllables

From Middle English Sampson, Sampsoun, Samson, from Latin Samson, from Ancient Greek (Sampson), from Hebrew.

How popular is Samson?

Samson was the #477 name in the US in 2025, given to 639 babies. It’s rising: up 56% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Samson in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Samson are older than 32; most are between 19 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Samson have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Samson is pronounced SAM-suhn.

Samson was the #477 name in the US in 2025, given to 639 babies. It’s rising: up 56% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Samson are older than 32. Most are between 19 and 68.