Samayiah — girls' name
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.
100% of everyone ever named Samayiah was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Samayiah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samayiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Samayiah between 2011 and 2017, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samayiah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samayiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samayiah 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 17 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.
Samayiah at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Samayiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2011
- Peak year (2011)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
17 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 6 births in a single year.
Samayiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Samayiah's all-time total
Samayiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Samayiah's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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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, 2011–2017 (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.