Girls' name · since 2002
Samaia
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 105 babies named Samaia, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
105 babies have been named Samaia since 2002, making it today's #14037 girls' name.
Samaia has 105 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14037 as of the latest data, more common than 19% 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 2002 to 2025.
- #26,618 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,037 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 105 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samaia ranks #26,618 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,037 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 105 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samaia's 105 recorded births place it above 63.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Samaia compares
105 26th 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
Samaia's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Samaia's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Samaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Samaia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Samaia's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Samaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Samaia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Samaia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Samaia 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.