Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Samad

#5,364 most common boys' name of all time · #13,340 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#5,364
Rank overall
#13,340 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
833
Since 2016
152
Peak year
2002 #3,151
Best rank
#2,665 1983
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
198020002020

Samad first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,686
2024 — 13 13 #6,582
2023 — 17 17 #5,527
2022 — 11 11 #7,407
2021 — 10 10 #7,751
2020 — 16 16 #5,532
2019 — 18 18 #5,211
2018 — 21 21 #4,651
2017 — 16 16 #5,625
2016 — 14 14 #6,152
2015 — 23 23 #4,339
2014 — 12 12 #6,767
2013 — 17 17 #5,250
2012 — 21 21 #4,593
2011 — 19 19 #4,877
2010 — 16 16 #5,580
2009 — 22 22 #4,496
2008 — 17 17 #5,324
2007 — 26 26 #3,949
2006 — 29 29 #3,556
2005 — 23 23 #4,006
2004 — 17 17 #4,871
2003 — 25 25 #3,578
2002 — 29 29 #3,151
2001 — 20 20 #4,038
2000 — 28 28 #3,120
1999 — 12 12 #5,450
1998 — 24 24 #3,255
1997 — 13 13 #4,796
1996 — 23 23 #3,162
1995 — 23 23 #3,070
1994 — 17 17 #3,841
1993 — 11 11 #5,201
1992 — 9 9 #5,886
1991 — 10 10 #5,320
1990 — 21 21 #3,034
1989 — 14 14 #3,952
1988 — 16 16 #3,307
1987 — 13 13 #3,661
1986 — 9 9 #4,718
1985 — 11 11 #3,995
1984 — 17 17 #2,808
1983 — 18 18 #2,665
1982 — 14 14 #3,261
1981 — 13 13 #3,368
1980 — 10 10 #4,063
1979 — 6 6 #5,830
1978 — 6 6 #5,550
1977 — 6 6 #5,611
1976 — 8 8 #4,366
1974 — 8 8 #4,156
1972 — 5 5 #5,727