Girls' name · since 2000
Samhitha
Samhitha has 235 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samhitha currently ranks #13959 among girls' names in America, with 235 babies recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samhitha has been recorded 235 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #13959 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #18,202 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,959 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 235 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samhitha ranks #18,202 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,959 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 235 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,202 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,959 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 235
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samhitha's 235 recorded births place it above 74.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Samhitha compares
235 40th 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
Samhitha's all-time total is 37% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samhitha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 235 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samhitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samhitha's full recorded timeline at 2011, 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 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samhitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Samhitha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (112 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Samhitha's strongest decade.
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Samhitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 112 births (48% of all-time use).
Samhitha by state
Where Samhitha concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 235 births nationwide.
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What to do with Samhitha's data
- Samhitha's decade-level peak was the 2010s (112 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Samhithas (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Samhitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Samhitha 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.