Girls' name · since 2001
Sameya
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Sameya, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #36,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sameya currently ranks #15953 among girls' names in America, with 45 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Sameya recorded 45 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #15953 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #36,285 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sameya ranks #36,285 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,285 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sameya's 45 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sameya compares
45 15th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sameya's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sameya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sameya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sameya's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sameya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Sameya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Sameya's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sameya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sameya's data
- Sameya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sameya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sameya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.