Data through 2025

Samantha name popularity in the United States

Samantha ranked #151 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 1,973 girls named Samantha.

Rank#151

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded1,973

SSA

Peak year1990

25,868 recorded

Five-year change-33.3%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Samantha for boys and girls

Girls

1,973

100.0% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025

Boys

5

Share unavailable · data from 1965 to 2017

Samantha in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025girls1,973#151
2024girls2,232#126
2023girls2,372#114
2022girls2,605#106
2021girls2,599#106
2020girls2,956#90
2019girls3,369#80
2018girls3,924#61
2017boys5#12246
2017girls4,333#54
2016boys5#12185
2016girls4,956#44
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025girls1,973#151
2024girls2,232#126
2023girls2,372#114
2022girls2,605#106
2021girls2,599#106
2020girls2,956#90
2019girls3,369#80
2018girls3,924#61
2017boys5#12246
2017girls4,333#54
2016boys5#12185
2016girls4,956#44
2015boys7#9568
2015girls5,347#40
2014boys12#6632
2014girls5,735#33
2013boys7#9655
2013girls6,516#29
2012boys8#8864
2012girls6,938#26
2011girls7,400#17
2010boys17#5251
2010girls8,411#15
2009boys17#5334
2009girls9,669#14
2008boys14#6070
2008girls11,190#11
2007boys7#9788
2007girls11,883#12
2006boys18#4865
2006girls12,470#10
2005boys17#4824
2005girls13,642#8
2004boys39#2697
2004girls13,786#9
2003boys12#5877
2003girls13,870#10
2002boys23#3670
2002girls14,671#9
2001boys16#4676
2001girls15,867#7
2000boys21#3764
2000girls17,265#7
1999boys35#2510
1999girls19,044#5
1998boys28#2851
1998girls20,195#3
1997boys19#3601
1997girls20,170#6
1996boys35#2299
1996girls20,552#5
1995boys34#2299
1995girls21,644#4
1994boys31#2444
1994girls22,824#4
1993boys34#2257
1993girls23,668#4
1992boys38#2046
1992girls24,407#6
1991boys49#1677
1991girls25,651#5
1990boys58#1486
1990girls25,868#5
1989boys120#926
1989girls24,792#6
1988boys71#1204
1988girls20,700#8
1987boys71#1136
1987girls17,944#11
1986boys54#1334
1986girls14,092#21
1985boys33#1794
1985girls10,658#29
1984boys23#2232
1984girls8,038#39
1983boys32#1748
1983girls7,703#40
1982boys22#2269
1982girls6,768#44
1981boys16#2779
1981girls5,516#51
1980boys12#3430
1980girls4,913#58
1979boys16#2777
1979girls4,461#66
1978boys18#2473
1978girls3,886#74
1977boys7#4582
1977girls3,284#85
1976boys15#2709
1976girls3,347#85
1975boys12#3078
1975girls2,834#101
1974boys12#2946
1974girls2,251#128
1973boys10#3223
1973girls2,119#135
1972boys7#3963
1972girls2,220#137
1971boys15#2464
1971girls2,209#144
1970boys9#3282
1970girls2,295#149
1969boys10#2861
1969girls2,422#140
1968boys6#3673
1968girls2,335#136
1967girls1,804#176
1966girls1,793#182
1965boys8#2982
1965girls1,961#179
1964girls415#474
1963girls71#1305
1962girls73#1292
1961girls72#1305
1960girls81#1212
1959girls111#1001
1958girls109#994
1957girls38#1754
1956girls29#2005
1955girls27#2063
1954girls30#1909
1953girls31#1783
1952girls38#1560
1951girls38#1528
1950girls35#1576
1949girls44#1393
1948girls40#1461
1947girls30#1752
1946girls33#1532
1945girls31#1450
1944girls24#1698
1943girls27#1625
1942girls24#1706
1941girls20#1810
1940girls19#1845
1939girls23#1585
1938girls17#1945
1937girls23#1580
1936girls20#1691
1935girls22#1606
1934girls15#2087
1933girls15#2052
1932girls16#2037
1931girls10#2750
1930girls14#2306
1929girls14#2301
1928girls14#2381
1927girls11#2859
1926girls9#3269
1925girls19#2018
1924girls15#2409
1923girls22#1840
1922girls28#1575
1921girls28#1577
1920girls26#1626
1919girls23#1698
1918girls17#2102
1917girls23#1605
1916girls20#1739
1915girls20#1672
1914girls20#1444
1913girls13#1670
1912girls20#1178
1911girls15#1171
1910girls10#1521
1909girls10#1369
1908girls13#1135
1907girls16#945
1906girls13#1043
1905girls12#1093
1904girls8#1364
1903girls5#1792
1902girls15#903
1901girls16#829
1900girls27#688
1899girls15#835
1898girls21#719
1897girls13#895
1896girls18#754
1895girls16#788
1894girls16#744
1893girls20#644
1892girls20#638
1891girls20#589
1890girls15#693
1889girls14#687
1888girls18#593
1887girls16#560
1886girls13#633
1885girls17#520
1884girls16#520
1883girls17#465
1882girls15#475
1881girls12#491
1880girls21#352

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Samantha’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change-63.1%
Change since peak-92.4%