Recorded 2004–2017 Girls' name Peak 2006 70 births

Samarrah — girls' name

70 babies named Samarrah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s442010s26
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Samarrah was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

15 babies were named Samarrah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Samarrah

The Social Security Administration has registered 70 babies named Samarrah between 2004 and 2017, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samarrah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samarrah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Samarrah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samarrah 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 70 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.

Samarrah at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

70

Since 2004

14 years of records

Peak year

2006

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2004

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 2017

Samarrah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2004

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2006)
15
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
05101520 201720122011201020092007200620052004 7

Samarrah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
44 births that decade — 63% of Samarrah's all-time total
2000s442010s26

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Samarrah?
70 babies have been named Samarrah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2006 with 15 births.
When was Samarrah most popular?
Samarrah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Samarrah been used?
Samarrah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 14 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Samarrah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Samantha, Samara, Samira, Sammie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2004–2017 (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.