Samarah Girl
How popular is Samarah?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Samarah in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Samarah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▼ 544 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (0% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,024 in 2015, #2,597 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (120 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,734 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samarah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samara family of names ranked #321 for girls in 2025 (#310 the year before), with 1,013 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samara | 957 | 94% |
| Samarah | 56 | 6% |
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 Samarah is most popular
Babies named Samarah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Samarah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #8,290 |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,093 |
| 1990s | 113 | #5,707 |
| 2000s | 776 | #1,734 |
| 2010s | 724 | #2,103 |
| 2020s | 416 | #2,388 |
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Questions
- Is Samarah a boy or girl name?
- Samarah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samarah were girls.
- How popular is the name Samarah?
- 56 baby girls were named Samarah in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Samarah most popular?
- Samarah peaked in 2006, when 120 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,734 in 2006.
- How many people are named Samarah?
- 2,051 babies have been named Samarah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,036 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Samarah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samarah was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls 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.