Girls' name · since 1970
Samanda
264 babies named Samanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samanda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 264 recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Samanda recorded 264 times among girls since 1970, 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 1970 to 2016.
- #17,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 264 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samanda ranks #17,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 264 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 264
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samanda's 264 recorded births place it above 76.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samanda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samanda splits its recorded history at 1993: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samanda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Samanda by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Samanda's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Samanda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Samanda's decade-level peak was the 2000s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2010s -- 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 Samanda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1970–2016 (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 Samanda 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.