Samai — girls' name
171 babies named Samai in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Samai was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Samai in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samai
The Social Security Administration has registered 171 babies named Samai between 2001 and 2023, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Samai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Samai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samai 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 171 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.
Samai at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samai popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2001
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
171 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 18 births in a single year.
Samai popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2019 (Samai as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Samai accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Samai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 79 births that decade — 46% of Samai's all-time total
Samai decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Samai's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Samai by state
Where Samai concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 4.1% |
7 of 171 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.1% 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, 2001–2023 (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.