Samar
Rank in 2025
#4661
recorded as girls
#2304
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
89
girls 29 · boys 60
Peak year
2022
92 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
2,385
since 1972
Born a Samar? 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
Samar was most popular in 2022, when 92 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.05 per 1,000). In 2025, 60 babies were named Samar, ranking #2304 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 4661 | 60 | 2304 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4893 | 62 | 2288 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4873 | 56 | 2416 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5309 | 92 | 1782 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4326 | 85 | 1823 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5487 | 67 | 2094 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4546 | 73 | 2001 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4768 | 76 | 1937 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4811 | 72 | 1977 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4531 | 67 | 2086 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4725 | 62 | 2189 |
| 2014 | 28 | 4892 | 60 | 2230 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6017 | 46 | 2594 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5895 | 36 | 3115 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7783 | 32 | 3364 |
| 2010 | 33 | 4397 | 31 | 3453 |
| 2009 | 17 | 7341 | 17 | 5334 |
| 2008 | 18 | 7073 | 24 | 4145 |
| 2007 | 16 | 7733 | 26 | 3893 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8715 | 25 | 3888 |
| 2005 | 18 | 6528 | 37 | 2846 |
| 2004 | 22 | 5555 | 22 | 4005 |
| 2003 | 27 | 4668 | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 26 | 4621 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | 17 | 6322 | 16 | 4676 |
| 2000 | 29 | 4185 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 20 | 5219 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 33 | 3573 | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 26 | 4125 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 29 | 3723 | 8 | 6496 |
| 1995 | 21 | 4677 | 6 | 7792 |
| 1994 | 26 | 4016 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 24 | 4257 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 20 | 4849 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 4059 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 21 | 4523 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 15 | 5545 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 16 | 5065 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | 4283 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 18 | 4347 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 17 | 4455 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 20 | 3874 | 5 | 6315 |
| 1983 | 17 | 4286 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 16 | 4527 | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | 22 | 3625 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 13 | 5245 | 6 | 5525 |
| 1979 | 8 | 7313 | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | 15 | 4459 | 7 | 4554 |
| 1977 | 12 | 5213 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 7296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | 6484 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 6 | 4634 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | <5 | — |
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Where Samar is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 46% · boys 54% across all years