Samarah
Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Samarah was most popular in 2006, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,033 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,203, with 56 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,051 people named Samarah.
Samarah over time
How old is the name Samarah?
Samarah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 54 years since.
How many people are named Samarah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,051 American births named Samarah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,033 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Samarah in 2025?
56 American babies were named Samarah in 2025, ranking #5,203 that year.
Is Samarah getting more or less popular?
Samarah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 70 births a year, against 67 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +4% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Samarah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Samarah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,051 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Samarah?
Roughly 2,033 Americans named Samarah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 20. That is a narrow band: Samarah arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Samarah 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