Samella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Samella

The Social Security Administration has registered 716 babies named Samella between 1898 and 1994, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samella performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Samella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 53 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Samella in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samella 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 716 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.