Boys' name · since 2004
Samatar
Samatar has 74 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 74
- total births
- 2004–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
74 boys have been named Samatar since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Samatar has 74 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- 74 total births
- 2004–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
74 boys have been named Samatar since 2004, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 74
- total births
- 2004–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Samatar was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Samatar in 2010 - its busiest year on record.
Samatar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samatar's full recorded timeline at 2016, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samatar at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samatar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2025.
74 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Samatar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Samatar's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Samatar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 37 births (50% of all-time use).
Samatar decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Samatar by state
Where Samatar concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 11 | 14.9% |
11 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 14.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Samatar's data
- Samatar's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Minnesota records the most Samatars (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Samatar: Baby Name Since 2004 - 74 Births, Peak 2010." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/samatar. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Samatar 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 July 2026.
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