NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Samantha Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Samantha: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 592,847 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
592,847
Peak year
1990 #5
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-39.7%

In the 1990s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20117,400#17
20126,938#26
20136,516#29
20145,735#33
20155,347#40
20164,956#44
20174,333#54
20183,924#61
20193,369#80
20202,956#90
20212,599#106
20222,605#106
20232,372#114
20242,232#126
20251,973#151

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1990

CA
2,720
NY
2,176
TX
1,694
PA
1,383
IL
1,259
OH
1,259

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