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.

Samirah

#4,534 most common girls' name of all time · #7,710 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among girls
#4,534
Rank overall
#7,710 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,958
Since 2016
601
Peak year
2013 #2,224
Best rank
#2,224 2013
Girls Boys peak 84/yr
198020002020

Samirah first appears in 1977. 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 69 — 69 #2,555
2024 56 — 56 #2,951
2023 49 — 49 #3,306
2022 78 — 78 #2,375
2021 64 — 64 #2,696
2020 54 — 54 #2,987
2019 59 — 59 #2,836
2018 62 — 62 #2,762
2017 60 — 60 #2,827
2016 50 — 50 #3,251
2015 55 — 55 #3,072
2014 66 — 66 #2,662
2013 84 — 84 #2,224
2012 82 — 82 #2,300
2011 66 — 66 #2,684
2010 79 — 79 #2,398
2009 75 — 75 #2,524
2008 75 — 75 #2,530
2007 80 — 80 #2,383
2006 81 — 81 #2,341
2005 74 — 74 #2,393
2004 57 — 57 #2,833
2003 48 — 48 #3,114
2002 41 — 41 #3,365
2001 36 — 36 #3,673
2000 30 — 30 #4,150
1999 24 — 24 #4,663
1998 28 — 28 #4,098
1997 22 — 22 #4,760
1996 18 — 18 #5,427
1995 21 — 21 #4,788
1994 13 — 13 #6,948
1993 16 — 16 #5,865
1992 21 — 21 #4,810
1991 19 — 19 #5,147
1990 13 — 13 #6,744
1989 16 — 16 #5,491
1988 17 — 17 #5,023
1987 10 — 10 #7,222
1986 10 — 10 #7,023
1985 15 — 15 #5,059
1984 12 — 12 #5,863
1983 11 — 11 #6,166
1982 12 — 12 #5,877
1981 6 — 6 #10,114
1980 5 — 5 #11,662
1979 8 — 8 #8,005
1978 6 — 6 #9,560
1977 5 — 5 #11,220