Samarah
#4,411 most common girls' name of all time · #7,502 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025
Rank among girls
#4,411
Rank overall
#7,502 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
2,051
Since 2016
742
Peak year
2006 #1,741
Best rank
#1,741 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 120/yr
Samarah 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 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,976 |
| 2024 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,421 |
| 2023 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,537 |
| 2022 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,396 |
| 2021 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,448 |
| 2020 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,614 |
| 2019 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,181 |
| 2018 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,214 |
| 2017 | 75 | — | 75 | #2,418 |
| 2016 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,317 |
| 2015 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,038 |
| 2014 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,387 |
| 2013 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,496 |
| 2012 | 70 | — | 70 | #2,582 |
| 2011 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,111 |
| 2010 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,817 |
| 2009 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,999 |
| 2008 | 77 | — | 77 | #2,470 |
| 2007 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,920 |
| 2006 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,741 |
| 2005 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,872 |
| 2004 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,846 |
| 2003 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,141 |
| 2002 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,334 |
| 2001 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,822 |
| 2000 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,224 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,322 |
| 1998 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,515 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,015 |
| 1996 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,844 |
| 1995 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,457 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,874 |
| 1993 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,047 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,695 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,711 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,220 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,850 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,296 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,557 |