Recorded 1981–1995 Girls' name Peak 1990 54 births

Sammatha — girls' name

54 babies named Sammatha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s161990s38
1990s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Sammatha was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

10 babies were named Sammatha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sammatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Sammatha between 1981 and 1995, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sammatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sammatha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sammatha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sammatha 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 54 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.

Sammatha at a glance

Last recorded 1995

Total births

54

Since 1981

15 years of records

Peak year

1990

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1995

Active since

1981

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 1995

Sammatha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1981

Last recorded 1995
Peak year (1990)
10
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
4681012 19951993199219911990198719841981 5

Sammatha by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
38 births that decade — 70% of Sammatha's all-time total
1980s161990s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sammatha?
54 babies have been named Sammatha since 1981. It was last recorded in 1995. The peak year was 1990 with 10 births.
When was Sammatha most popular?
Sammatha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Sammatha been used?
Sammatha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 15 years of data through 1995.
What names are similar to Sammatha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Samantha, Samara, Samira, Sammie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1981–1995 (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.