Samaad — #12897 US boys' name
203 babies named Samaad in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Samaad was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Samaad in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samaad
The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Samaad between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samaad currently holds the #12897 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samaad performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Samaad shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Samaad in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samaad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 203 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Samaad at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Samaad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #12897 among boys.
203 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 15 births in a single year.
Samaad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 70 births that decade — 34% of Samaad's all-time total
Samaad decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Samaad's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Samaad by state
Where Samaad concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 30 | 14.8% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 11 | 5.4% |
30 of 203 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 14.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 14.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.