Samson
2025 SSA
About Samson
With the prevailing popularity of Samuel, some parents are considering this more (literally) powerful biblical name, which shares the desirable nickname of Sam.
Samson was, of course, the supernaturally strong champion of the Israelites against the Philistines who was betrayed by Delilah, as dramatized in more than one technicolor epic. But the more it is used for children today, the more the name is able to move away from that image.
Sampson is a variant spelling--Sampson Brass is a character in the Dickens novel The Old Curiosity Shop, Samzun is the interesting Celtic spelling, Sansone the Italian version.
The story of Samson has been translated into a number of works of art, including Milton's poetic drama Samson Agonistes, an oratorio by Handel, an opera by Saint-Saens, and paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens.
Pronounced SAM-sun.
As of October 2026, Samson ranked #477 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #593.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #627 | 420 | 218.7 |
| 2015 | #619 | 434 | 226.4 |
| 2016 | #577 | 481 | 253.5 |
| 2017 | #602 | 440 | 237.7 |
| 2018 | #546 | 512 | 281.9 |
| 2019 | #574 | 487 | 271.4 |
| 2020 | #565 | 495 | 286.8 |
| 2021 | #590 | 473 | 270.4 |
| 2022 | #584 | 490 | 280.6 |
| 2023 | #563 | 517 | 302.2 |
| 2024 | #522 | 582 | 337.8 |
| 2025 | #477 | 639 | 374.1 |
World rankings
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Samson on lists
Famous Samsons
- Samson
Biblical man given supernatural strength by God to defeat his enemies
- Saint Samson of Dol
one of the founder saints of Brittany
- Samson Pascal François
French pianist and composer
- Samson Satele
American NFL football player
- Samson Raphael Hirsch
German rabbi, founder of Torah im Derech Eretz
- Samson Siasia
Nigerian footballer
- Samson Mahbod
Canadian,American ice hockey player
Samson in pop culture
- "Samson
" song by Regina Spektor
- "Samson and Delilah
" song by the Grateful Dead
- Samson
British hard rock band
- Brock Samson
character in 'The Venture Brothers'
- Samson Ryder
a hard, cold man in Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty" (1877)
- Samson
monkey on British children's TV series "Captain Mack"
- Samson
character in Ingrid Law's "Savvy" and "Scumble"
- Samson ("Sam")
character in the video game "Stardew Valley"