Recorded 2004–2022 Girls' name Peak 2013 47 births

Samaiah — girls' name

47 babies named Samaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Samaiah was born in this single decade.

2013
Single peak year

9 babies were named Samaiah in 2013 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Samaiah

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Samaiah between 2004 and 2022, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samaiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Samaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samaiah 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 47 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.

Samaiah at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

47

Since 2004

19 years of records

Peak year

2013

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2004

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2022

Samaiah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2004

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2013)
9
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
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Samaiah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
20 births that decade — 43% of Samaiah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Samaiah?
47 babies have been named Samaiah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2013 with 9 births.
When was Samaiah most popular?
Samaiah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2013.
How long has the name Samaiah been used?
Samaiah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 19 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Samaiah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Samantha, Samara, Samira, Sammie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2004–2022 (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.