Samatha
Samatha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 780th, in 1989.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1989248 births
- Best rank
- #780in 1989
- Since 1964
- 4,202people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,202 girls have been named Samatha in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1989, with 248 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 248 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 38%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1989, its biggest year
Samatha was the 780th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1989 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1989.
Names that rose and fell with Samatha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Casondrapeak 1989
- Daniellepeak 1987
- Caressapeak 1987
- Aleshiapeak 1991
- Jennaferpeak 1985
- Felishapeak 1989
- Markitapeak 1985
- Alishiapeak 1990
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.