Girls' name · since 2003
Samyrah
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 271 babies named Samyrah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samyrah currently ranks #11520 among girls' names in America, with 271 babies recorded since 2003.
Samyrah has 271 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11520 as of the latest data, more common than 33% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #16,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 271 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Samyrah ranks #16,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 271 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 271
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Samyrah's 271 recorded births place it above 76.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Samyrah compares
271 43rd percentile among 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
Samyrah's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Samyrah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 271 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Samyrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Samyrah splits its recorded history at 2014: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Samyrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Samyrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Samyrah's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Samyrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Samyrah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Samyrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Samyrah 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.