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.

Samanta

#4,679 most common girls' name of all time · #7,955 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among girls
#4,679
Rank overall
#7,955 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,862
Since 2016
198
Peak year
2005 #1,960
Best rank
#1,918 2000
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
198020002020

Samanta 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 21 — 21 #5,787
2024 13 — 13 #8,100
2023 18 — 18 #6,506
2022 23 — 23 #5,532
2021 17 — 17 #6,795
2020 19 — 19 #6,155
2019 22 — 22 #5,684
2018 14 — 14 #7,875
2017 25 — 25 #5,250
2016 26 — 26 #5,192
2015 27 — 27 #5,037
2014 35 — 35 #4,205
2013 43 — 43 #3,617
2012 65 — 65 #2,715
2011 39 — 39 #3,881
2010 47 — 47 #3,438
2009 60 — 60 #2,914
2008 83 — 83 #2,341
2007 77 — 77 #2,448
2006 69 — 69 #2,617
2005 98 — 98 #1,960
2004 85 — 85 #2,125
2003 86 — 86 #2,074
2002 90 — 90 #1,963
2001 79 — 79 #2,107
2000 89 — 89 #1,918
1999 58 — 58 #2,489
1998 46 — 46 #2,877
1997 38 — 38 #3,141
1996 42 — 42 #2,882
1995 35 — 35 #3,265
1994 46 — 46 #2,686
1993 43 — 43 #2,811
1992 34 — 34 #3,324
1991 22 — 22 #4,607
1990 40 — 40 #2,882
1989 35 — 35 #3,088
1988 22 — 22 #4,133
1987 27 — 27 #3,401
1986 15 — 15 #5,125
1985 17 — 17 #4,592
1984 15 — 15 #4,918
1983 12 — 12 #5,744
1982 6 — 6 #9,946
1981 7 — 7 #8,740
1980 8 — 8 #7,923
1977 7 — 7 #8,197
1976 6 — 6 #8,959
1975 6 — 6 #8,769
1972 5 — 5 #9,555