Unisex name · since 1979
Saman
288 babies named Saman in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 288
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saman is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 288 have been recorded since 1979.
Saman has 288 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2024.
- #10,830 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 288 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saman ranks #10,830 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 288 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,830 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 288
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saman's 288 recorded births place it above 76.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Saman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saman's full recorded timeline at 1999, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saman popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (1990)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Saman popularity over time - girls
118 total births recorded since 1982 (Saman as girls' name)
Saman by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (91 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Saman's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Saman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
80 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 91 births (32% of all-time use).
Saman by state
Where Saman concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 11.8% |
34 of 288 births nationwide.
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What to do with Saman's data
- Saman's decade-level peak was the 1990s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Samans (34 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Saman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Saman 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.