Samayah — #8679 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Samayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 513 babies named Samayah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samayah currently holds the #8679 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 246 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Samayah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Samayah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samayah 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 513 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.