Samar**
#2,825 most common boys' name of all time · #6,806 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,825
Rank overall
#6,806 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
2,385
Since 2016
988
Peak year
2021 #1,832
Best rank
#1,789 2022
Girls
Boys
peak 117/yr
Samar 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 60 | 89 | #2,320 |
| 2024 | 27 | 62 | 89 | #2,301 |
| 2023 | 27 | 56 | 83 | #2,431 |
| 2022 | 24 | 92 | 116 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 32 | 85 | 117 | #1,832 |
| 2020 | 22 | 67 | 89 | #2,105 |
| 2019 | 30 | 73 | 103 | #2,009 |
| 2018 | 28 | 76 | 104 | #1,952 |
| 2017 | 28 | 72 | 100 | #1,996 |
| 2016 | 31 | 67 | 98 | #2,097 |
| 2015 | 29 | 62 | 91 | #2,200 |
| 2014 | 28 | 60 | 88 | #2,245 |
| 2013 | 21 | 46 | 67 | #2,605 |
| 2012 | 22 | 36 | 58 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 15 | 32 | 47 | #3,403 |
| 2010 | 33 | 31 | 64 | #3,479 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | 34 | #5,416 |
| 2008 | 18 | 24 | 42 | #4,201 |
| 2007 | 16 | 26 | 42 | #3,947 |
| 2006 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #3,942 |
| 2005 | 18 | 37 | 55 | #2,874 |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | 44 | #4,060 |
| 2003 | 27 | 9 | 36 | #7,432 |
| 2002 | 26 | 12 | 38 | #5,860 |
| 2001 | 17 | 16 | 33 | #4,763 |
| 2000 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #10,780 |
| 1999 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1998 | 33 | 11 | 44 | #5,632 |
| 1997 | 26 | — | 26 | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 8 | 37 | #6,743 |
| 1995 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #8,182 |
| 1994 | 26 | 7 | 33 | #7,292 |
| 1993 | 24 | 6 | 30 | #8,067 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #8,787 |
| 1990 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #6,771 |
| 1989 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #6,603 |
| 1988 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | — | 19 | — |
| 1986 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1984 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #6,832 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1982 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #4,487 |
| 1981 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #6,818 |
| 1980 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #5,975 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #5,205 |
| 1978 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #4,900 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,085 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,988 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |