Samer
- Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Given to boys 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1979 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,458since 1966
Samer over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Samer has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,143 | 14 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,666 | 16 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,479 | 13 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,770 | 15 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
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| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,485 | 16 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,804 | 19 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,256 | 13 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,591 | 29 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,686 | 27 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,653 | 41 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,534 | 26 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,993 | 32 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,556 | 38 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,864 | 32 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,300 | 39 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,859 | 50 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,986 | 44 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,801 | 48 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,689 | 53 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #1,721 | 50 |
| 1992 | — | #2,046 | 38 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,095 | 35 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,012 | 37 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,891 | 39 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,671 | 42 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,725 | 36 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,899 | 29 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,058 | 26 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,670 | 34 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,134 | 22 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,858 | 27 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,450 | 17 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,606 | 14 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five boys were named Samer! It came in at #3,249, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1967–1968, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Samer is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Samer in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Samer
Momentum · boys
Brand new
- 1,622 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,143)
- 1,085 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1979 at #1,670 (34 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 32 yrs 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 36,453
- Highest: 1 in 36,453 boys born in 1994 were named Samer (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,670 in 1979, was only 1 in 50,633 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.9% of all boys named Samer (436) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #3,062 (1969) | #3,156 |
| 1970s | 173 | #1,670 (1979) | #2,702 |
| 1980s | 328 | #1,671 (1988) | #1,857 |
| 1990s | 436 | #1,689 (1994) | #1,967 |
| 2000s | 302 | #2,556 (2002) | #3,364 |
| 2010s | 138 | #4,678 (2010) | #5,926 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,666 (2023) | #6,550 |
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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