Samah
#11,785 most common girls' name of all time · #19,550 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among girls
#11,785
Rank overall
#19,550 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
447
Since 2016
87
Peak year
1991 #5,347
Best rank
#5,347 1991
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Samah first appears in 1978. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,228 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,157 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,785 |
| 2022 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,909 |
| 2020 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,496 |
| 2019 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,776 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,287 |
| 2017 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,520 |
| 2016 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,753 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,976 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,242 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,553 |
| 2012 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,351 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,455 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,628 |
| 2009 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,561 |
| 2008 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,155 |
| 2007 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,227 |
| 2006 | 15 | — | 15 | #8,023 |
| 2005 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,549 |
| 2004 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,192 |
| 2003 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,444 |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,782 |
| 2001 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,200 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,805 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,121 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,668 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,074 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,600 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,890 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,508 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,362 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,879 |
| 1991 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,347 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,969 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,383 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,532 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,499 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,277 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,962 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,703 |