How Many People Are Named Samar?
people named Samar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 145,316 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,385 babies named Samar 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
117 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "evening conversation" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Samar, 46.3% were girls and 53.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Samar fell from 84.4% in the 1980s to 27.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samar alive today is about 16 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samar first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2021, to 117 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Samar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,790, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #2,329. Among girls, its best rank was #3,624, in 1998.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,329 | #4,735 |
| Best rank | #1,790 (2022) | #3,624 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,340 in the 2010s | #5,132 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samar were born in California than in any other state: about 293 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samar was given 5.3 times as often in New Jersey, 3.2 times in California and 1.7 times in New York.
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