Samantha
Rank in 2025
#151
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,973
girls 1,973
Peak year
1991
25,651 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
594,052
since 1880
Born a Samantha? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Samantha was most popular in 1991, when 25,651 babies recorded as girls got the name (13.7 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,973 babies were named Samantha, ranking #151 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 34%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,973 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,232 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,372 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,605 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,599 | 106 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 2,956 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 3,369 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 3,924 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 4,333 | 54 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 4,956 | 44 | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | 5,347 | 40 | 7 | 9568 |
| 2014 | 5,735 | 33 | 12 | 6632 |
| 2013 | 6,516 | 29 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 6,938 | 26 | 8 | 8864 |
| 2011 | 7,400 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 8,411 | 15 | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | 9,669 | 14 | 17 | 5334 |
| 2008 | 11,190 | 11 | 14 | 6070 |
| 2007 | 11,883 | 12 | 7 | 9788 |
| 2006 | 12,470 | 10 | 18 | 4865 |
| 2005 | 13,642 | 8 | 17 | 4824 |
| 2004 | 13,786 | 9 | 39 | 2697 |
| 2003 | 13,870 | 10 | 12 | 5877 |
| 2002 | 14,671 | 9 | 23 | 3670 |
| 2001 | 15,867 | 7 | 16 | 4676 |
| 2000 | 17,265 | 7 | 21 | 3764 |
| 1999 | 19,044 | 5 | 35 | 2510 |
| 1998 | 20,195 | 3 | 28 | 2851 |
| 1997 | 20,170 | 6 | 19 | 3601 |
| 1996 | 20,552 | 5 | 35 | 2299 |
| 1995 | 21,644 | 4 | 34 | 2299 |
| 1994 | 22,824 | 4 | 31 | 2444 |
| 1993 | 23,668 | 4 | 34 | 2257 |
| 1992 | 24,407 | 6 | 38 | 2046 |
| 1991 | 25,651 | 5 | 49 | 1677 |
| 1990 | 25,868 | 5 | 58 | 1486 |
| 1989 | 24,792 | 6 | 120 | 926 |
| 1988 | 20,700 | 8 | 71 | 1204 |
| 1987 | 17,944 | 11 | 71 | 1136 |
| 1986 | 14,092 | 21 | 54 | 1334 |
| 1985 | 10,658 | 29 | 33 | 1794 |
| 1984 | 8,038 | 39 | 23 | 2232 |
| 1983 | 7,703 | 40 | 32 | 1748 |
| 1982 | 6,768 | 44 | 22 | 2269 |
| 1981 | 5,516 | 51 | 16 | 2779 |
| 1980 | 4,913 | 58 | 12 | 3430 |
| 1979 | 4,461 | 66 | 16 | 2777 |
| 1978 | 3,886 | 74 | 18 | 2473 |
| 1977 | 3,284 | 85 | 7 | 4582 |
| 1976 | 3,347 | 85 | 15 | 2709 |
| 1975 | 2,834 | 101 | 12 | 3078 |
| 1974 | 2,251 | 128 | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | 2,119 | 135 | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | 2,220 | 137 | 7 | 3963 |
| 1971 | 2,209 | 144 | 15 | 2464 |
| 1970 | 2,295 | 149 | 9 | 3282 |
| 1969 | 2,422 | 140 | 10 | 2861 |
| 1968 | 2,335 | 136 | 6 | 3673 |
| 1967 | 1,804 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,793 | 182 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,961 | 179 | 8 | 2982 |
| 1964 | 415 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 71 | 1305 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 73 | 1292 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 72 | 1305 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 81 | 1212 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 111 | 1001 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 109 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 38 | 1754 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 29 | 2005 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 27 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 30 | 1909 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 31 | 1783 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 38 | 1560 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 38 | 1528 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 35 | 1576 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 44 | 1393 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 40 | 1461 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 33 | 1532 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 31 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 24 | 1698 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 27 | 1625 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 24 | 1706 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 20 | 1810 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 19 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 23 | 1585 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 17 | 1945 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 23 | 1580 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 20 | 1691 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 22 | 1606 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 15 | 2087 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 15 | 2052 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 16 | 2037 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | 2750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 14 | 2306 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | 2301 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 14 | 2381 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 11 | 2859 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 3269 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 19 | 2018 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 15 | 2409 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 22 | 1840 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 28 | 1575 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 28 | 1577 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 26 | 1626 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 23 | 1698 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 17 | 2102 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 23 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 20 | 1739 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | 1672 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 20 | 1444 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 13 | 1670 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | 1178 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 15 | 1171 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 10 | 1369 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 13 | 1135 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 16 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 13 | 1043 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 12 | 1093 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 8 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | 1792 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 15 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 16 | 829 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 27 | 688 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 15 | 835 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 21 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 13 | 895 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 18 | 754 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 16 | 788 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 16 | 744 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 20 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 20 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 20 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 15 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 14 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 18 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 16 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 13 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 17 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 16 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 17 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 15 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 12 | 491 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 21 | 352 | <5 | — |
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Where Samantha is most popular
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- New Jersey1.4×
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- Connecticut1.4×
- District of Columbia1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years