Girls' name · since 1978
Samah
447 babies named Samah in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 447
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Samah is the #11201 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 447 recorded since 1978.
Samah has 447 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11201 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #12,668 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,201 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 447 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samah ranks #12,668 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,201 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 447 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,201 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 447
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samah's 447 recorded births place it above 82.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Samah compares
447 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Samah's all-time total is 19% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 447 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samah's full recorded timeline at 2004, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Samah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (140 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Samah's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Samah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
125 births
- 2000s
2000s
140 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 43
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 140 births (31% of all-time use).
Samah by state
Where Samah concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 3.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
14 of 447 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Samah's data
- Samah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 43 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Samahs (14 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Samah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Samah 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.