Samona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Samona

The Social Security Administration has registered 311 babies named Samona between 1965 and 2020, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samona performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Samona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Samona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samona 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 311 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.