Samara
#967 most common girls' name of all time · #1,739 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1949–2025
Rank among girls
#967
Rank overall
#1,739 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
77 of 146
All-time
22,769
Since 2016
9,871
Peak year
2018 #256
Best rank
#256 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 1,270/yr
Samara first appears in 1949. 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 | 957 | — | 957 | #320 |
| 2024 | 998 | — | 998 | #309 |
| 2023 | 1,196 | 5 | 1,201 | #259 |
| 2022 | 1,068 | — | 1,068 | #299 |
| 2021 | 834 | — | 834 | #374 |
| 2020 | 886 | — | 886 | #351 |
| 2019 | 978 | — | 978 | #328 |
| 2018 | 1,270 | — | 1,270 | #256 |
| 2017 | 1,009 | — | 1,009 | #324 |
| 2016 | 670 | — | 670 | #474 |
| 2015 | 452 | — | 452 | #633 |
| 2014 | 452 | — | 452 | #633 |
| 2013 | 493 | — | 493 | #583 |
| 2012 | 516 | — | 516 | #568 |
| 2011 | 525 | — | 525 | #557 |
| 2010 | 488 | — | 488 | #601 |
| 2009 | 594 | — | 594 | #509 |
| 2008 | 629 | — | 629 | #500 |
| 2007 | 707 | — | 707 | #456 |
| 2006 | 948 | — | 948 | #349 |
| 2005 | 825 | — | 825 | #380 |
| 2004 | 857 | — | 857 | #365 |
| 2003 | 656 | — | 656 | #456 |
| 2002 | 242 | — | 242 | #927 |
| 2001 | 261 | — | 261 | #880 |
| 2000 | 248 | — | 248 | #889 |
| 1999 | 223 | — | 223 | #940 |
| 1998 | 204 | — | 204 | #990 |
| 1997 | 197 | — | 197 | #991 |
| 1996 | 170 | — | 170 | #1,089 |
| 1995 | 179 | — | 179 | #1,021 |
| 1994 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,051 |
| 1993 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,066 |
| 1992 | 145 | — | 145 | #1,202 |
| 1991 | 159 | — | 159 | #1,119 |
| 1990 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,149 |
| 1989 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,242 |
| 1988 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,331 |
| 1987 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,436 |
| 1986 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,297 |
| 1985 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,321 |
| 1984 | 107 | — | 107 | #1,218 |
| 1983 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,255 |
| 1982 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,196 |
| 1981 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,111 |
| 1980 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,257 |
| 1979 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,159 |
| 1978 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,066 |
| 1977 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,106 |
| 1976 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,152 |
| 1975 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,456 |
| 1974 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,397 |
| 1973 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,309 |
| 1972 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,444 |
| 1971 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,252 |
| 1970 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,595 |
| 1969 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,919 |
| 1968 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,469 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | 26 | #2,418 |
| 1966 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,232 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,362 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,826 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,969 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,767 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,579 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,140 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,429 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,277 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,157 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,796 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,041 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,640 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,558 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,474 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,062 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,982 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,037 |