How Many People Are Named Samella?
people named Samella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,109,691 people in the US has this name
Based on 716 babies named Samella in Social Security records from 1898 to 1994, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Samella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samella alive today is about 70 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samella first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1918, to 25 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1994.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 1994
🏆 Rank History
Samella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,507, in 1910.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,507 (1910) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,379 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samella were born in Arkansas than in any other state: about 13 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samella was given about 20.6 times as often in Tennessee.
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