Samaya
Recorded 1980–2025 · United States
Samaya was most popular in 2007, when 221 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,039 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,201, with 116 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,164 people named Samaya.
Samaya over time
How old is the name Samaya?
Samaya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1980, which makes it about 45 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 33 of the 46 years since.
How many people are named Samaya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,164 American births named Samaya 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 3,139 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Samaya in 2025?
116 American babies were named Samaya in 2025, ranking #3,201 that year.
Is Samaya getting more or less popular?
Samaya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 95 births a year, against 157 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -39% 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 Samaya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Samaya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,164 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 Samaya?
Roughly 3,139 Americans named Samaya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 19. That is a narrow band: Samaya 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 Samaya 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