Recorded 2002–2019 Girls' name Peak 2009 37 births

Samerah — girls' name

37 babies named Samerah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s202010s17
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Samerah was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

10 babies were named Samerah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Samerah

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Samerah between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samerah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samerah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Samerah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samerah 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 37 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.

Samerah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

37

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2009

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Samerah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
10
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4681012 201920182016200920042002 5

Samerah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
20 births that decade — 54% of Samerah's all-time total
2000s202010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Samerah?
37 babies have been named Samerah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 10 births.
When was Samerah most popular?
Samerah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Samerah been used?
Samerah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Samerah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Samantha, Samara, Samira, Sammie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2019 (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.