Girls' name · since 1998
Samhita
409 babies named Samhita in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,392 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
409 babies have been named Samhita since 1998, making it today's #11392 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Samhita recorded 409 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #11392 nationally today, ahead of 34% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #13,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,392 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 409 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samhita ranks #13,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,392 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 409 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,392 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samhita's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Samhita compares
409 Top 49% higher than 51% of 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
Samhita's all-time total is 9% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samhita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 409 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samhita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samhita's full recorded timeline at 2010, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samhita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Samhita by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (191 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Samhita's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Samhita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s
2000s
191 births
- 2010s
2010s
177 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 191 births (47% of all-time use).
Samhita by state
Where Samhita concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 39 | 9.5% |
39 of 409 births nationwide.
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What to do with Samhita's data
- Samhita's decade-level peak was the 2000s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Samhitas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samhita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Samhita 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.