Unisex name · since 1998
Samay
Samay has 445 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,459 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
445 babies have been named Samay since 1998, making it today's #2920 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samay has been recorded 445 times among boys since 1998, currently ranked #2920 nationally and more common than 79% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #8,459 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,920 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samay ranks #8,459 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,920 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 445 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,459 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Samay's 445 recorded births place it above 81.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Samay compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Samay's all-time total is 21% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 34 | 22,252 |
Samay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samay's full recorded timeline at 2013, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samay popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Samay popularity over time - girls
41 total births recorded since 2014 (Samay as girls' name)
Samay by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (170 births, 38% of the file).
2020s was Samay's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Samay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
141 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s
2020s
170 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 170 births (38% of all-time use).
Samay by state
Where Samay concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 11.9% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 15 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Washington | | 7 | 1.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
53 of 445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Samays (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1998–2025 (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 Samay 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.