Boys' name · since 1998
Samih
47 babies named Samih in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,655 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samih sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 47 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Samih recorded 47 times among boys since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2017.
- #22,655 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 47 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samih ranks #22,655 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,655 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samih's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samih's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samih splits its recorded history at 2011: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2007 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samih popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2017
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Samih by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (28 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Samih's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Samih births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 28 births (60% of all-time use).
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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, 1998–2017 (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 Samih 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.