Samanta — #8526 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Samanta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,840 babies named Samanta between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samanta currently holds the #8526 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 98 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samanta performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 816 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Samanta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 423 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Samanta in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samanta 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 1,840 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.