Samari Boy & girl

How popular is Samari?

#3,130 girl name in 2025

51 baby girls were named Samari in the US in 2025, making it the 3130th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).

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2,180living people named Samari (est.)
16median age of people named Samari
2,198babies named Samari since 1880
1 in 44,802US babies born in 2025

Samari popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#3,130 for girls (▼ 741 from 2024)
Babies in 202551 girls, 23 boys
10-year trendRising (+46% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#4,143 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020
Peak year2007 (93 girls)
Highest rank#2,147 in 2007
First recorded1990
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)31% boys, 69% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Samari counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samari family of names ranked #1,841 for girls in 2025 (#1,459 the year before), with 77 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Samari 51 66%
Samary 26 34%

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 Samari is most popular

Babies named Samari per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
  3. Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
  4. Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
  5. California: 0.0 per 1,000 (22 girls)

Samari by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1990s97#6,355
2000s570#2,147
2010s502#2,313
2020s330#2,389

Girl names about as popular as Samari

Questions

Is Samari a boy or girl name?
Samari is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 31% of babies named Samari were boys and 69% were girls.
How popular is the name Samari?
51 baby girls were named Samari in the US in 2025, making it the 3130th most popular girl name. Another 23 boys got the name (#4,395 for boys).
When was Samari most popular?
Samari peaked in 2007, when 93 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,147 in 2007.
How many people are named Samari?
2,198 babies have been named Samari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,180 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
Where is Samari most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Samari was most common in Missouri, at 0.0 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.