Samaria Girl
How popular is Samaria?
#1,880 girl name in 2025
104 baby girls were named Samaria in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
Samaria popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,880 for girls (▼ 161 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 104 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,080 in 2015, #2,748 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (241 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,084 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samaria counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samaria family of names ranked #1,458 for girls in 2025 (#1,408 the year before), with 112 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samaria | 104 | 93% |
| Samariah | 8 | 7% |
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 Samaria is most popular
Babies named Samaria per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
Samaria by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1960s | 38 | #4,532 |
| 1970s | 140 | #2,779 |
| 1980s | 203 | #3,324 |
| 1990s | 732 | #1,364 |
| 2000s | 1,775 | #1,084 |
| 2010s | 1,061 | #1,420 |
| 2020s | 556 | #1,719 |
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Questions
- Is Samaria a boy or girl name?
- Samaria is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samaria were girls.
- How popular is the name Samaria?
- 104 baby girls were named Samaria in the US in 2025, making it the 1880th most popular girl name.
- When was Samaria most popular?
- Samaria peaked in 2007, when 241 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,084 in 2007.
- How many people are named Samaria?
- 4,511 babies have been named Samaria in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,457 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Samaria most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samaria was most common in Georgia, 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.