Girls' name · since 1960
Samone
Samone has 2,216 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,216
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Samone currently ranks #15215 among girls' names in America, with 2,216 babies recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samone has been recorded 2,216 times among girls since 1960, currently ranked #15215 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, 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 1960 to 2025.
- #4,404 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,215 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,216 born since 1960
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samone ranks #4,404 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,215 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,216 born since 1960, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,404 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,215 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,216
- born since 1960
- 1990s
- peak decade
Samone's 2,216 recorded births place it above 93.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Samone compares
2,216 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Samone's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samone | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,216 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 140 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samone splits its recorded history at 1993: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 140 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samone popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 140
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Samone popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Samone as boys' name)
Samone by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (745 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Samone's strongest decade.
745 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Samone births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 104
1960s
104 births
- 1970s 131
1970s
131 births
- 1980s
1980s
439 births
- 1990s
1990s
745 births
- 2000s
2000s
466 births
- 2010s 262
2010s
262 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 745 births (34% of all-time use).
How Samone compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Samone's total volume
Samone by state
Where Samone concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 132 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 81 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 81 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 42 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 37 | 1.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 35 | 1.6% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 33 | 1.5% |
132 of 2,216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Samone appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Samone's data
- Samone's decade-level peak was the 1990s (745 total births); usage has since declined to 69 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Samones (132 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Samone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Samone 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.