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.
- #19,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,925 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samatar currently ranks #12925 among boys' names in America, with 74 babies recorded since 2004.
Samatar has 74 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12925 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, 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.
- #19,485 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,925 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 74 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samatar ranks #19,485 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,925 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 74 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,485 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,925 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 74
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samatar's 74 recorded births place it above 57.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
How Samatar compares
74 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Samatar's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samatar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 74 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
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 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
Samatar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (37 births, 50% of the file).
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 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.
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- 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
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samatar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.