Girls' name · since 2011
Samayiah
17 babies named Samayiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samayiah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 17 recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Samayiah recorded 17 times among girls since 2011, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2017.
- #48,128 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samayiah ranks #48,128 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #48,128 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samayiah's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samayiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samayiah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samayiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2017
- Peak year (2011)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Samayiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Samayiah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Samayiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samayiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
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, 2011–2017 (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 Samayiah 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.