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.

Samantha

#47 most common girls' name of all time · #103 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#47
Rank overall
#103 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
594,052
Since 2016
31,329
Peak year
1990 #5
Best rank
#3 1998
Girls Boys peak 25,926/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Samantha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,973 — 1,973 #151
2024 2,232 — 2,232 #126
2023 2,372 — 2,372 #114
2022 2,605 — 2,605 #106
2021 2,599 — 2,599 #106
2020 2,956 — 2,956 #90
2019 3,369 — 3,369 #80
2018 3,924 — 3,924 #61
2017 4,333 5 4,338 #54
2016 4,956 5 4,961 #44
2015 5,347 7 5,354 #40
2014 5,735 12 5,747 #33
2013 6,516 7 6,523 #29
2012 6,938 8 6,946 #26
2011 7,400 — 7,400 #17
2010 8,411 17 8,428 #15
2009 9,669 17 9,686 #14
2008 11,190 14 11,204 #11
2007 11,883 7 11,890 #12
2006 12,470 18 12,488 #10
2005 13,642 17 13,659 #8
2004 13,786 39 13,825 #9
2003 13,870 12 13,882 #10
2002 14,671 23 14,694 #9
2001 15,867 16 15,883 #7
2000 17,265 21 17,286 #7
1999 19,044 35 19,079 #5
1998 20,195 28 20,223 #3
1997 20,170 19 20,189 #6
1996 20,552 35 20,587 #5
1995 21,644 34 21,678 #4
1994 22,824 31 22,855 #4
1993 23,668 34 23,702 #4
1992 24,407 38 24,445 #6
1991 25,651 49 25,700 #5
1990 25,868 58 25,926 #5
1989 24,792 120 24,912 #6
1988 20,700 71 20,771 #8
1987 17,944 71 18,015 #11
1986 14,092 54 14,146 #21
1985 10,658 33 10,691 #29
1984 8,038 23 8,061 #39
1983 7,703 32 7,735 #40
1982 6,768 22 6,790 #44
1981 5,516 16 5,532 #51
1980 4,913 12 4,925 #58
1979 4,461 16 4,477 #66
1978 3,886 18 3,904 #74
1977 3,284 7 3,291 #85
1976 3,347 15 3,362 #85
1975 2,834 12 2,846 #101
1974 2,251 12 2,263 #128
1973 2,119 10 2,129 #135
1972 2,220 7 2,227 #137
1971 2,209 15 2,224 #144
1970 2,295 9 2,304 #149
1969 2,422 10 2,432 #140
1968 2,335 6 2,341 #136
1967 1,804 — 1,804 #176
1966 1,793 — 1,793 #182
1965 1,961 8 1,969 #179
1964 415 — 415 #474
1963 71 — 71 #1,306
1962 73 — 73 #1,293
1961 72 — 72 #1,306
1960 81 — 81 #1,212
1959 111 — 111 #1,001
1958 109 — 109 #995
1957 38 — 38 #1,755
1956 29 — 29 #2,009
1955 27 — 27 #2,063
1954 30 — 30 #1,911
1953 31 — 31 #1,783
1952 38 — 38 #1,561
1951 38 — 38 #1,528
1950 35 — 35 #1,576
1949 44 — 44 #1,393
1948 40 — 40 #1,461
1947 30 — 30 #1,753
1946 33 — 33 #1,533
1945 31 — 31 #1,451
1944 24 — 24 #1,699
1943 27 — 27 #1,627
1942 24 — 24 #1,707
1941 20 — 20 #1,810
1940 19 — 19 #1,846
1939 23 — 23 #1,586
1938 17 — 17 #1,945
1937 23 — 23 #1,581
1936 20 — 20 #1,692
1935 22 — 22 #1,607
1934 15 — 15 #2,089
1933 15 — 15 #2,053
1932 16 — 16 #2,037
1931 10 — 10 #2,753
1930 14 — 14 #2,306
1929 14 — 14 #2,301
1928 14 — 14 #2,381
1927 11 — 11 #2,859
1926 9 — 9 #3,269
1925 19 — 19 #2,019
1924 15 — 15 #2,409
1923 22 — 22 #1,841
1922 28 — 28 #1,577
1921 28 — 28 #1,579
1920 26 — 26 #1,626
1919 23 — 23 #1,698
1918 17 — 17 #2,102
1917 23 — 23 #1,606
1916 20 — 20 #1,739
1915 20 — 20 #1,673
1914 20 — 20 #1,444
1913 13 — 13 #1,670
1912 20 — 20 #1,178
1911 15 — 15 #1,172
1910 10 — 10 #1,521
1909 10 — 10 #1,370
1908 13 — 13 #1,135
1907 16 — 16 #945
1906 13 — 13 #1,044
1905 12 — 12 #1,094
1904 8 — 8 #1,364
1903 5 — 5 #1,792
1902 15 — 15 #903
1901 16 — 16 #829
1900 27 — 27 #688
1899 15 — 15 #835
1898 21 — 21 #722
1897 13 — 13 #895
1896 18 — 18 #756
1895 16 — 16 #789
1894 16 — 16 #744
1893 20 — 20 #645
1892 20 — 20 #638
1891 20 — 20 #589
1890 15 — 15 #693
1889 14 — 14 #687
1888 18 — 18 #593
1887 16 — 16 #560
1886 13 — 13 #633
1885 17 — 17 #523
1884 16 — 16 #523
1883 17 — 17 #466
1882 15 — 15 #476
1881 12 — 12 #493
1880 21 — 21 #365