Samarra — #15728 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Samarra

The Social Security Administration has registered 419 babies named Samarra between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samarra currently holds the #15728 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samarra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Samarra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Samarra in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samarra 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 419 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.