How Many People Are Named Samael?
people named Samael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 658,545 people in the US has this name
Based on 523 babies named Samael in Social Security records from 1998 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "severity of God" in Hebrew. This is the name of an archangel in Jewish tradition, described as a destructive angel of death.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Samael in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samael alive today is about 7 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samael first appears in the records in 1998 and was given most often in 2022, to 62 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1998 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Samael has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,316, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #3,365.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,365 |
| Best rank | #2,316 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,737 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samael were born in Texas than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samael was given 4.8 times as often in Texas and 2.9 times in California.
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