Samatar — boys' name
69 babies named Samatar in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Samatar was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Samatar in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samatar
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Samatar between 2004 and 2022, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samatar currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samatar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Samatar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Samatar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samatar 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 69 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.
Samatar at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samatar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2004
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
69 total births across 19 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
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 37 births that decade — 54% of Samatar's all-time total
Samatar decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Samatar's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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 | 15.9% |
11 of 69 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 15.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 15.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2022 (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.