Samar Boy & girl
How popular is Samar?
#2,304 boy name in 2025
60 baby boys were named Samar in the US in 2025, making it the 2304th most popular boy name. Another 29 girls got the name (#4,660 for girls).
Samar popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,304 for boys (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 boys, 29 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,189 in 2015, #2,094 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (92 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,782 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 72% boys, 28% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samar counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samir family of names ranked #531 for boys in 2025 (#493 the year before), with 550 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samir | 434 | 79% |
| Samar | 60 | 11% |
| Sahmir | 22 | 4% |
| Samer | 14 | 3% |
| Samere | 9 | 2% |
| Samyr | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Samar is most popular
Babies named Samar per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (89 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Samar by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26 | #4,503 |
| 1980s | 32 | #4,232 |
| 1990s | 50 | #5,460 |
| 2000s | 193 | #2,842 |
| 2010s | 555 | #1,936 |
| 2020s | 422 | #1,782 |
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Questions
- Is Samar a boy or girl name?
- Samar is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 72% of babies named Samar were boys and 28% were girls.
- How popular is the name Samar?
- 60 baby boys were named Samar in the US in 2025, making it the 2304th most popular boy name. Another 29 girls got the name (#4,660 for girls).
- When was Samar most popular?
- Samar peaked in 2022, when 92 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,782 in 2022.
- How many people are named Samar?
- 2,385 babies have been named Samar in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,356 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Samar most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samar was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.