Is Samar a boy or girl name?

Samar is a unisex name. Of the 2,385 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 46.4% were girls and 53.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2011, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Samar

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Samar was most popular in 2021, when 117 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,191 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,832, with 89 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,385 people named Samar.

Samar over time

Births per year. The dot marks Samar’s peak in 2021. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Samar a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Samar is a unisex name — 46.4% of the 2,385 Americans given it were girls and 53.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2011 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 28% girls and 72% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Samar

Where Samar is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org