Girls' name · since 1978
Samaiyah
309 babies named Samaiyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samaiyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 309 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Samaiyah recorded 309 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2022.
- #15,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 309 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samaiyah ranks #15,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 309 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 309
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samaiyah's 309 recorded births place it above 78.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samaiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samaiyah splits its recorded history at 2005: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samaiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2022
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Samaiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Samaiyah's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Samaiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Samaiyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Samaiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1978–2022 (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 Samaiyah 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.