Michael or Samuel
Samuel is the more popular boy name in Canada, #24 to #53 in 2024. Samuel is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #66 to #85 in 2025. Samuel is the more popular boy name in the USA, #17 to #18 in 2024.
Place by place
Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.
| Place | Year | Michael | Samuel | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2024 | #53 | #24 | Samuel |
| England and Wales | 2025 | #85 | #66 | Samuel |
| USA | 2024 | #18 | #17 | Samuel |
| Alberta | 2024 | #65 | #29 | Samuel |
| British Columbia | 2024 | #70 | #25 | Samuel |
| Ontario | 2024 | #51 | #36 | Samuel |
| Quebec | 2024 | #116 | #31 | Samuel |
Michael and Samuel in Canada, 2020–2024
Michael slipped from #40 in 2020 to #53 in 2024 in Canada. Samuel slipped from #20 in 2020 to #24 in 2024 in Canada.
Michael and Samuel in England and Wales, 2020–2025
Michael slipped from #74 in 2020 to #85 in 2025 in England and Wales. Samuel slipped from #47 in 2020 to #66 in 2025 in England and Wales.
Michael and Samuel in the USA, 2020–2024
Michael slipped from #12 in 2020 to #18 in 2024 in the USA. Samuel climbed from #25 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in the USA. Samuel passed Michael in 2024.
Other comparisons
How this comparison is built
Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.
A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.