Girls' name · since 2002
Samoya
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Samoya, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samoya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 2002.
Samoya has 53 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2022.
- #34,416 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samoya ranks #34,416 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Samoya's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Samoya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Samoya's full recorded timeline at 2011, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Samoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2022
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Samoya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (24 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Samoya's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Samoya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Samoya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samoya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2002–2022 (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 Samoya 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.