Samantha
#151 for girls in 2025, 1,973 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 20,195 births
- Debut · girls
- 21 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 45 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 592,847since 1880
Samantha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #151 | 1,973 | — | |
| 2024 | #126 | 2,232 | — | |
| 2023 | #114 | 2,372 | — | |
| 2022 | #106 | 2,605 | — | |
| 2021 | #106 | 2,599 | — | |
| 2020 | #90 | 2,956 | — | |
| 2019 | #80 | 3,369 | — | |
| 2018 | #61 | 3,924 | — | |
| 2017 | #54 | 4,333 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #44 | 4,956 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #40 | 5,347 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #33 | 5,735 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #29 | 6,516 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #26 | 6,938 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #17 | 7,400 | — | |
| 2010 | #15 | 8,411 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #14 | 9,669 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #11 | 11,190 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #12 | 11,883 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #10 | 12,470 | #4,865 | 18 |
| 2005 | #8 | 13,642 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #9 | 13,786 | #2,697 | 39 |
| 2003 | #10 | 13,870 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #9 | 14,671 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #7 | 15,867 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #7 | 17,265 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #5 | 19,044 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3 | 20,195 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #6 | 20,170 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #5 | 20,552 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #4 | 21,644 | #2,299 | 34 |
| 1994 | #4 | 22,824 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1993 | #4 | 23,668 | #2,257 | 34 |
| 1992 | #6 | 24,407 | #2,046 | 38 |
| 1991 | #5 | 25,651 | #1,677 | 49 |
| 1990 | #5 | 25,868 | #1,486 | 58 |
| 1989 | #6 | 24,792 | #926 | 120 |
| 1988 | #8 | 20,700 | #1,204 | 71 |
| 1987 | #11 | 17,944 | #1,136 | 71 |
| 1986 | #21 | 14,092 | #1,334 | 54 |
| 1985 | #29 | 10,658 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #39 | 8,038 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #40 | 7,703 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #44 | 6,768 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #51 | 5,516 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #58 | 4,913 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #66 | 4,461 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #74 | 3,886 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #85 | 3,284 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #85 | 3,347 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #101 | 2,834 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #128 | 2,251 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #135 | 2,119 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #137 | 2,220 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #144 | 2,209 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #149 | 2,295 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #140 | 2,422 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #136 | 2,335 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #176 | 1,804 | — | |
| 1966 | #182 | 1,793 | — | |
| 1965 | #179 | 1,961 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #474 | 415 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,305 | 71 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,292 | 73 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,212 | 81 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,001 | 111 | — | |
| 1958 | #994 | 109 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,909 | 30 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,461 | 40 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,945 | 17 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 | — | |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 | — | |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | — | |
| 1899 | #835 | 15 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #644 | 20 | — | |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 | — | |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #560 | 16 | — | |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 | — | |
| 1883 | #465 | 17 | — | |
| 1882 | #475 | 15 | — | |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 | — | |
| 1880 | #352 | 21 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Samantha was already there! It came in at #352, and was given to 21 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Samantha is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#704 · 1 in 8,910
- Ohio#896 · 1 in 17,374
- Illinois#903 · 1 in 15,232
- California#1,069 · 1 in 17,513
- Texas#1,324 · 1 in 22,352
Best ever in a state: #1 in North Dakota, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #704 | 5 | 1 in 8,910 |
| Ohio | #896 | 6 | 1 in 17,374 |
| Illinois | #903 | 7 | 1 in 15,232 |
| California | #1,069 | 10 | 1 in 17,513 |
| Texas | #1,324 | 5 | 1 in 22,352 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Samantha
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 25 spots since 2024 (#126 → #151)
- 61 spots since 2020 (#90 → #151)
- 111 spots since 2015 (#40 → #151)
- Biggest jump: 831 spots in 1964 (#1,305 → #474)
- Biggest drop: 889 spots in 1903 (#903 → #1,792)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1998 at #3 (20,195 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: 19 yrs · run 1988–2006
- Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1976–2020
- Top 1,000: 87 yrs · run 1964–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 73
- Highest: 1 in 73 girls born in 1991 were named Samantha (1.4%)
- Latest: 1 in 815 girls born in 2025 (0.12%)
- Its best rank, #3 in 1998, was only 1 in 87 (1.1%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 37.8% of all girls named Samantha (224,023) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 159 | #352 (1880) | #530 |
| 1890s | 174 | #589 (1891) | #730 |
| 1900s | 135 | #688 (1900) | #1,116 |
| 1910s | 181 | #1,171 (1911) | #1,580 |
| 1920s | 186 | #1,575 (1922) | #2,186 |
| 1930s | 175 | #1,580 (1937) | #1,964 |
| 1940s | 292 | #1,393 (1949) | #1,627 |
| 1950s | 486 | #994 (1958) | #1,617 |
| 1960s | 11,027 | #136 (1968) | #640 |
| 1970s | 28,906 | #66 (1979) | #110 |
| 1980s | 121,124 | #6 (1989) | #31 |
| 1990s | 224,023 | #3 (1998) | #5 |
| 2000s | 134,313 | #7 (2000) | #10 |
| 2010s | 56,929 | #15 (2010) | #40 |
| 2020s | 14,737 | #90 (2020) | #116 |
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.
Samantha in 1961
girls
#1,305
72 births · 1 in 28,035 girls
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 28,035 of them was named Samantha, which outranked 82.7% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Samantha
- #1,297Roselyn73
- #1,297Sheena73
- #1,297Tracee73
- #1,305Samantha72
- #1,305Amalia72
- #1,305Elma72
- #1,305Emilia72
- #1,319Alethea71
- #1,319Chana71
- #1,319Drema71
Tied with 13 names at #1,305; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.