Girls' name · since 1998
Samaa
Samaa has 181 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
181 babies have been named Samaa since 1998, making it today's #8624 girls' name.
Samaa has 181 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8624 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #20,859 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,624 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 181 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samaa ranks #20,859 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,624 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 181 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,859 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,624 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samaa's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Samaa compares
181 35th percentile among 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
Samaa's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samaa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 181 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samaa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Samaa's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Samaa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Samaa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Samaa's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Samaa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Samaa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samaa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Samaa 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.