Saman**
#8,203 most common boys' name of all time · #20,661 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1979–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#8,203
Rank overall
#20,661 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
406
Since 2016
23
Peak year
2001 #9,736
Best rank
#3,701 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 24/yr
Saman first appears in 1979. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,313 |
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,672 |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,030 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,744 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,913 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,980 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,653 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,797 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,982 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,429 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,364 |
| 2006 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,118 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,051 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,244 |
| 2003 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,845 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #9,736 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,753 |
| 1999 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #6,794 |
| 1998 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #8,978 |
| 1997 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #6,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #5,758 |
| 1994 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #9,412 |
| 1993 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,913 |
| 1992 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #4,779 |
| 1991 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,426 |
| 1990 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #3,749 |
| 1989 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,983 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #6,981 |
| 1987 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,701 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,102 |
| 1985 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,077 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,922 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1982 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #4,220 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,019 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,085 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,399 |