How Many People Are Named Samanta?
people named Samanta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 186,055 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,862 babies named Samanta in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
98 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Italian and Spanish form of SAMANTHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Samanta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samanta alive today is about 22 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samanta first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2005, to 98 babies. In 2025, 21 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Samanta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,917, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #5,875.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,875 |
| Best rank | #1,917 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,240 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samanta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samanta were born in California than in any other state: about 418 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samanta was given 3 times as often in California, 3 times in New York and 2.3 times in Texas.
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