Girls' name · since 1981
Sammatha
Sammatha has 54 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Sammatha since 1981, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sammatha has been recorded 54 times among girls since 1981, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 1995.
- #34,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1981
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sammatha ranks #34,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1981, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1981
- 1990s
- peak decade
Sammatha's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sammatha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sammatha splits its recorded history at 1991: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sammatha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1995
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Sammatha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (38 births, 70% of the file).
1990s was Sammatha's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Sammatha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 38 births (70% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sammatha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1981–1995 (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 Sammatha 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.