Samoan Boy Names
Explore names documented in Samoan naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries. This focused selection includes only sourced names with matching U.S. birth records; many other names used in this tradition are absent from the U.S. data.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Samoan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 33#3,498 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Documented Samoan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 23#4,485 | Up 482 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Samoan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | 10#7,723 | Down 1,399 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Recorded in Samoan; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 7#10,517 | Down 1,092 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Documented Samoan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
Recorded in Samoan; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Documented Samoan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2019. | —Unranked | — | 2019 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.