How Many People Are Named Samara?
people named Samara are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,199 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,769 babies named Samara in Social Security records from 1949 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,270 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly derived from the biblical place name Samaria, which means "watch mountain" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Samara in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samara alive today is about 15 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samara first appears in the records in 1949 and was given most often in 2018, to 1,270 babies. In 2025, 957 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1949 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Samara has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #256, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #320.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #320 |
| Best rank | #256 (2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #465 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samara alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samara were born in California than in any other state: about 3,159 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samara was given 1.6 times as often in New York, 1.5 times in Maryland and 1.5 times in New Mexico.
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