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Samuela

#11,756 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Samuela has been given to 93 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #11,756 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1995, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.

Babies named Samuela, 2025

1 in 553,000

Samuela over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Samuela over time

In 2025, Samuela went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19902025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Samuela: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

the Bible

What Samuela means

Samuela has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Samuela

A separate documented entry treats Samuela as a feminine form of Samuel. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Samuela as a form of Samuel. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Samuela is used in Hawaiian. Its origins include the Bible.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 48 boys were recorded with the name Samuela between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1995; its best national rank was #8,682 in 1995.

In the United States, 45 girls were recorded with the name Samuela between 2005 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2017; its best national rank was #13,859 in 2017.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Samuela?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,756
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Samuela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samuela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Samuelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Samuela was born before 2011 — so the typical Samuela is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
77.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
48
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Choose a decade

2010s — 33.3% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Samuela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 1995 (6)
Years since peak
30
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,682
1995

Spellings of Samuela

Samuela is not the most common spelling — Samuel is, with 98.1% against Samuela's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Samuela around the world

Where Samuela ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2004
    #3,651
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Samuela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,756
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#8,682
1995
Peak year
1995
6 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
48
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#13,859
2017
Peak year
2017
7 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
45
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Samuela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SamiuelaSambhavSamatarSamrathSamisoniSamyarSamoriSameirSamereSamuilSamwellSamauriSamhithSamridhSamwiseSammualSamrudhSamvedSamyrSamratSamraatSamielSamuraiSamiullah

Sibling names for Samuela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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