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.

Samer

#3,815 most common boys' name of all time · #9,298 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among boys
#3,815
Rank overall
#9,298 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,463
Since 2016
103
Peak year
1993 #1,733
Best rank
#1,698 1988
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
198020002020

Samer first appears in 1966. 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 — 14 14 #6,215
2024 — 10 10 #7,889
2023 — 16 16 #5,725
2022 — 13 13 #6,558
2021 — 12 12 #6,789
2019 — 7 7 #9,961
2018 — 15 15 #5,833
2017 — 16 16 #5,606
2015 — 18 18 #5,129
2014 — 16 16 #5,548
2013 — 19 19 #4,862
2012 — 14 14 #6,069
2011 — 13 13 #6,348
2010 — 20 20 #4,728
2009 — 18 18 #5,168
2008 — 26 26 #3,964
2007 — 29 29 #3,623
2006 — 27 27 #3,725
2005 — 41 41 #2,676
2004 — 26 26 #3,576
2003 — 32 32 #3,011
2002 — 38 38 #2,579
2001 — 32 32 #2,894
2000 — 33 33 #2,763
1999 — 39 39 #2,322
1998 — 42 42 #2,185
1997 — 50 50 #1,881
1996 — 44 44 #2,007
1995 — 48 48 #1,827
1994 — 53 53 #1,703
1993 5 50 55 #1,733
1992 — 38 38 #2,070
1991 — 35 35 #2,125
1990 — 37 37 #2,037
1989 — 39 39 #1,912
1988 — 42 42 #1,698
1987 — 40 40 #1,702
1986 — 36 36 #1,748
1985 — 31 31 #1,907
1984 — 25 25 #2,140
1983 — 32 32 #1,779
1982 — 28 28 #1,986
1981 — 29 29 #1,927
1980 — 26 26 #2,097
1979 — 34 34 #1,707
1978 — 22 22 #2,191
1977 — 27 27 #1,898
1976 — 25 25 #1,991
1975 — 17 17 #2,529
1974 — 10 10 #3,505
1973 — 14 14 #2,699
1972 — 10 10 #3,302
1971 — 6 6 #4,771
1970 — 8 8 #3,785
1969 — 9 9 #3,297
1966 — 7 7 #3,534