Girls' name · since 1983
Sama
1,813 babies named Sama in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,813
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sama currently ranks #1221 among girls' names in America, with 1,813 babies recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Sama recorded 1,813 times among girls since 1983, holding rank #1221 nationally today, ahead of 93% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #5,032 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,221 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,813 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sama ranks #5,032 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,221 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,813 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,032 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,221 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,813
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sama's 1,813 recorded births place it above 93.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
15 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sama compares
1,813 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sama's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sama | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,813 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 186 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sama's full recorded timeline at 2009, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 186 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sama popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 186
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Sama popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2025 (Sama as boys' name)
Sama by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (784 births, 43% of the file).
2020s was Sama's strongest decade.
784 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Sama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 54
1990s
54 births
- 2000s 242
2000s
242 births
- 2010s
2010s
722 births
- 2020s
2020s
784 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 784 births (43% of all-time use).
How Sama compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sama's total volume
Sama by state
Where Sama concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 249 | 13.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 154 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 116 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 105 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 100 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 62 | 3.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 48 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 37 | 2.0% |
249 of 1,813 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Sama appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Samas (249 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sama draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.