Samatha
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682
- Peak · girls
- 1989 · 248 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,202since 1964
Samatha over time
Rank among girls' names. Samatha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
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| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 |
| 1999 | #2,073 | 74 |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 |
| 1997 | #1,816 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,864 | 78 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 104 |
| 1994 | #1,376 | 120 |
| 1993 | #1,222 | 142 |
| 1992 | #1,065 | 171 |
| 1991 | #1,036 | 177 |
| 1990 | #878 | 221 |
| 1989 | #780 | 248 |
| 1988 | #819 | 222 |
| 1987 | #858 | 199 |
| 1986 | #809 | 207 |
| 1985 | #987 | 154 |
| 1984 | #1,007 | 142 |
| 1983 | #1,049 | 132 |
| 1982 | #1,117 | 126 |
| 1981 | #1,319 | 95 |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 |
| 1979 | #1,270 | 100 |
| 1978 | #1,248 | 99 |
| 1977 | #1,559 | 69 |
| 1976 | #1,263 | 88 |
| 1975 | #1,326 | 82 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 49 |
| 1971 | #1,640 | 56 |
| 1970 | #1,804 | 49 |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 |
| 1968 | #1,625 | 50 |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Samatha! It came in at #4,636, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2012, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Samatha is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#206 · 1 in 1,134
- Mississippi#269 · 1 in 1,478
- Kentucky#414 · 1 in 3,481
- Tennessee#443 · 1 in 3,527
- Virginia#481 · 1 in 3,860
Best ever in a state: #206 in West Virginia, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #206 | 8 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Mississippi | #269 | 9 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Kentucky | #414 | 6 | 1 in 3,481 |
| Tennessee | #443 | 8 | 1 in 3,527 |
| Virginia | #481 | 9 | 1 in 3,860 |
| North Carolina | #563 | 8 | 1 in 4,658 |
| Pennsylvania | #579 | 13 | 1 in 5,325 |
| Florida | #631 | 13 | 1 in 5,340 |
| Michigan | #652 | 10 | 1 in 5,797 |
| Indiana | #653 | 5 | 1 in 6,423 |
| Washington | #672 | 5 | 1 in 5,437 |
| Ohio | #688 | 9 | 1 in 7,523 |
| New Jersey | #859 | 5 | 1 in 8,714 |
| New York | #1,125 | 10 | 1 in 11,186 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 12,097 |
| California | #1,194 | 17 | 1 in 12,654 |
| Texas | #1,281 | 9 | 1 in 14,319 |
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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 Samatha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1986 (#987 → #809)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1991 (#878 → #1,036)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1989 at #780 (248 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1985–1990
- Highest: 1 in 7,434 girls born in 1989 were named Samatha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 38.3% of all girls named Samatha (1,609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 243 | #1,448 (1965) | #2,205 |
| 1970s | 704 | #1,248 (1978) | #1,516 |
| 1980s | 1,609 | #780 (1989) | #1,019 |
| 1990s | 1,252 | #878 (1990) | #1,468 |
| 2000s | 350 | #2,632 (2000) | #4,609 |
| 2010s | 44 | #8,271 (2010) | #11,890 |
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.
Samatha in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 8,737 of them was named Samatha, which outranked 93.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).