Samara
Rank in 2025
#320
recorded as girls
Down 11 since 2024
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recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
957
girls 957
Peak year
2018
1,270 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
22,769
since 1949
Born a Samara? 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
Samara was most popular in 2018, when 1,270 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.75 per 1,000). In 2025, 957 babies were named Samara, ranking #320 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 957 | 320 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 998 | 309 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,196 | 259 | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | 1,068 | 299 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 834 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 886 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 978 | 328 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,270 | 256 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,009 | 324 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 670 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 452 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 452 | 633 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 493 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 516 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 525 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 488 | 600 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 594 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 629 | 500 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 707 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 948 | 349 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 825 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 857 | 365 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 656 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 242 | 923 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 261 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 248 | 888 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 223 | 939 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 204 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 197 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 170 | 1087 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 179 | 1021 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 174 | 1048 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 171 | 1063 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 145 | 1202 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 159 | 1117 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 150 | 1146 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 128 | 1239 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 108 | 1327 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 91 | 1433 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 104 | 1293 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 101 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 107 | 1216 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 100 | 1252 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 114 | 1193 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 125 | 1109 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 104 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 115 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 125 | 1063 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 117 | 1102 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 101 | 1149 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 71 | 1447 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 74 | 1386 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 78 | 1302 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 68 | 1432 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 89 | 1244 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 60 | 1584 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 43 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 26 | 2431 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 26 | 2376 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 16 | 3148 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | 3264 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 13 | 3692 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 12 | 3801 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | 4533 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 14 | 3460 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 6 | 5696 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 7 | 4890 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 10 | 3930 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 6 | 5325 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 10 | 3778 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | 5148 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | 5040 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | 4908 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 5414 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | 5301 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
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Where Samara is most popular
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- New Mexico1.6×
- New Jersey1.5×
- Nevada1.4×
- California1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years