Recorded 1998–2017 Boys' name Peak 2012 47 births

Samih — boys' name

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.

1990s72000s122010s28
2010s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Samih was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

9 babies were named Samih in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Samih

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Samih between 1998 and 2017, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Samih currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samih performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Samih shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samih 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 47 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.

Samih at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

47

Since 1998

20 years of records

Peak year

2012

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1998

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2017

Samih popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1998

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2012)
9
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
45678910 2017201320122011200720021998 7

Samih by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
28 births that decade — 60% of Samih's all-time total
1990s72000s122010s28

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Samih?
47 babies have been named Samih since 1998. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2012 with 9 births.
When was Samih most popular?
Samih was most popular in the 2010s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Samih been used?
Samih has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 20 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Samih?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Samuel, Sam, Sammy, Sammie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1998–2017 (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.