Recorded 1979–2018 Girls' name Peak 2007 239 births

Sameria — girls' name

239 babies named Sameria in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s51990s602000s1122010s57
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Sameria was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

21 babies were named Sameria in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sameria

The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Sameria between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sameria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sameria performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sameria shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sameria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sameria 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 239 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.

Sameria at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

239

Since 1979

40 years of records

Peak year

2007

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1979

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2018

Sameria popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2007)
21
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
0510152025 20182013200920052001199719911979 5

Sameria by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
112 births that decade — 47% of Sameria's all-time total
1970s51980s51990s602000s1122010s57

Sameria by state

Where Sameria concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Sameria
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
5 2.1%
Georgia share of Sameria's total US births 2.1%

5 of 239 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sameria?
239 babies have been named Sameria since 1979. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2007 with 21 births.
When was Sameria most popular?
Sameria was most popular in the 2000s decade with 112 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Sameria most popular?
The top states for the name Sameria are Georgia (5 births).
How long has the name Sameria been used?
Sameria has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 40 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Sameria?
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, 1979–2018 (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.