Sameh — #11445 US boys' name
43 babies named Sameh in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Sameh was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Sameh in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sameh
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Sameh between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sameh currently holds the #11445 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sameh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sameh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sameh 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 43 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.
Sameh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Sameh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (1996)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #11445 among boys.
43 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 6 births in a single year.
Sameh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 37% of Sameh's all-time total
Sameh decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sameh's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1995–2024 (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.