Samsara — #14026 US girls' name
52 babies named Samsara in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
38% of everyone ever named Samsara was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Samsara in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samsara
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Samsara between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samsara currently holds the #14026 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samsara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Samsara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samsara 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 52 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.
Samsara at a glance
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Current rank
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Samsara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #14026 among girls.
52 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 8 births in a single year.
Samsara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 20 births that decade — 38% of Samsara's all-time total
Samsara decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Samsara's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.