Samari — #2392 US unisex name
1,447 babies named Samari in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Samari was born in this single decade.
93 babies were named Samari in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samari
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,447 babies named Samari between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samari currently holds the #2392 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 93 babies received it in a single year. Samari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 675 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samari performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 570 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Samari shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Samari in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samari 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 1,447 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.
Samari at a glance
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Current rank
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Samari popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2007)
- 93
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #2392 among girls.
1,447 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 93 births in a single year.
Samari popularity over time — boys
675 total births recorded since 1998 (Samari as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Samari accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Samari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 570 births that decade — 39% of Samari's all-time total
Samari decade highlights
- Peak decade 570 births
- Runner-up 501 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Samari's strongest decade
570 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Samari by state
Where Samari concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 124 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 104 | 7.2% |
| #3 | California | | 62 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 45 | 3.1% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 27 | 1.9% |
| #6 | New York | | 25 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 1.0% |
124 of 1,447 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 7.2% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.1% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Samari appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.