Samar
- #4,661 for girls in 2025, 29 births
- #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
- Given to boys 53.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 92 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,278since 1973
Samar 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 | #4,661 | 29 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #2,288 | 62 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | #2,416 | 56 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #1,782 | 92 |
| 2021 | #4,326 | 32 | #1,823 | 85 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #2,094 | 67 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #2,001 | 73 |
| 2018 | #4,768 | 28 | #1,937 | 76 |
| 2017 | #4,811 | 28 | #1,977 | 72 |
| 2016 | #4,531 | 31 | #2,086 | 67 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #2,189 | 62 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | #2,230 | 60 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #2,594 | 46 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #4,145 | 24 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #2,846 | 37 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #4,005 | 22 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 | #7,245 | 9 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #4,125 | 26 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,625 | 22 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1973
The first year at least five boys were named Samar! It came in at #4,505, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Samar is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Virginia#1,089 · 1 in 7,451
- California#1,150 · 1 in 10,322
- New York#1,760 · 1 in 16,885
- Texas#2,574 · 1 in 35,010
Best ever in a state: #449 in Connecticut, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #1,089 | 5 | 1 in 7,451 |
| California | #1,150 | 17 | 1 in 10,322 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Samar
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 210 spots since 2020 (#2,094 → #2,304)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2022 at #1,782 (92 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
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 18,978
- Highest: 1 in 18,978 boys born in 2022 were named Samar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 43.4% of all boys named Samar (555) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
- Mostly girls until 2010, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26 | #4,505 (1973) | #4,634 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,234 (1982) | #5,713 |
| 1990s | 50 | #5,466 (1998) | #7,002 |
| 2000s | 193 | #2,846 (2005) | #5,211 |
| 2010s | 555 | #1,937 (2018) | #2,495 |
| 2020s | 422 | #1,782 (2022) | #2,118 |
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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