Saman
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to boys 70.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 288since 1979
Saman over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
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| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #10,921 | 6 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #6,618 | 8 |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,552 | 8 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Saman! It came in at #4,068, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Saman is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Saman in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Saman
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1987 at #3,521 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 128,377
- Highest: 1 in 128,377 boys born in 1990 were named Saman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,521 in 1987, was only 1 in 143,614 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 31.6% of all boys named Saman (91) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2006
- Mostly girls until 2005, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9 | #4,068 (1979) | #4,068 |
| 1980s | 80 | #3,521 (1987) | #4,818 |
| 1990s | 91 | #3,607 (1990) | #5,892 |
| 2000s | 54 | #6,976 (2004) | #9,518 |
| 2010s | 48 | #9,568 (2015) | #10,907 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,938 (2024) | #10,938 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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