Samarah
Samarah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 75 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 750.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2006120 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1972
- 1,993people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,993 girls have been named Samarah in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 120 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2000s alone account for 39%.
By decade
In 2006, its biggest year
Samarah was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Samarah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kamayapeak 2008
- Nityapeak 2005
- Alynapeak 2007
- Kaliyapeak 2009
- Hennessypeak 2019
- Marynpeak 2007
- Ryliepeak 2008
- Jerseypeak 2010
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.