Samah
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 18 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 447since 1978
Samah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Samah has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Samah! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Samah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Samah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Samah
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,917)
- 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #10,917)
- 3,565 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1991 at #5,181 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 100,035
- Highest: 1 in 100,035 girls born in 2001 were named Samah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,181 in 1991, was only 1 in 104,167 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 31.3% of all girls named Samah (140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #8,562 (1978) | #8,562 |
| 1980s | 36 | #7,111 (1988) | #8,778 |
| 1990s | 125 | #5,181 (1991) | #7,246 |
| 2000s | 140 | #6,067 (2001) | #8,095 |
| 2010s | 97 | #7,602 (2016) | #10,959 |
| 2020s | 43 | #8,946 (2024) | #10,997 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Samah ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: