How Many People Are Named Samatha?
people named Samatha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 84,162 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,202 babies named Samatha in Social Security records from 1964 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
248 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Samatha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samatha alive today is about 38 years old, and 81% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samatha first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 1989, to 248 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Samatha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #778, in 1989.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #778 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #976 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samatha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samatha were born in California than in any other state: about 290 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samatha was given 3.4 times as often in Mississippi, 2.5 times in Kentucky and 2.1 times in North Carolina.
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