Girls' name · since 2001
Samani
231 babies named Samani in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Samani is the #4329 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 231 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Samani recorded 231 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #4329 nationally today, ahead of 75% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #18,377 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,329 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 231 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samani ranks #18,377 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,329 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 231 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,377 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,329 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 231
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Samani's 231 recorded births place it above 74.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Samani compares
231 40th 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
Samani's all-time total is 39% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 231 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Samani's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Samani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Samani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Samani's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Samani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (45% of all-time use).
Samani by state
Where Samani concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Samanis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Samani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2001–2025 (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 Samani 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.