Meaning not yet researched.
Samantha: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,973 in 2025. Its best rank was #3 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3 in 1998; #151 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Samantha in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#151 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #3.
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Samantha: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,973 girls in 2025. Peak: #3 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 25,868 (1990).
In 2025, 1,973 US girls were named Samantha, making it the 151st most common girls’ name of the year, down 25 places from #126 in 2024. That is 259 fewer than the 2,232 girls named Samantha in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3, reached in 1998. The most girls given the name in a single year was 25,868, in 1990. For comparison, it was #40 in 2015 and #1,596 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Samantha in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 21 babies with the name. In all, 594,052 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 224,384 babies named Samantha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 31,319 US girls were named Samantha; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,956. In 2025 that was about 1 in 815 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Samantha ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #78 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 4 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sam (128,810 babies since 1880), Samanta (1,862 babies since 1880) and Sammantha (1,985 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zamantha, Samentha and Samantah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mantha, Sam and Sammy.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Zamantha (312), Samentha (63), Samantah (45), Samanntha (21), Zamanta (15), Samantaha (6), Samontha (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 51 | #78 | #37 |
| California | 348 | #81 | #14 |
| New Jersey | 74 | #95 | #21 |
| Florida | 170 | #98 | #36 |
| District of Columbia | 7 | #114 | #46 |
| Virginia | 63 | #115 | #50 |
| Texas | 259 | #118 | #31 |
| Illinois | 79 | #119 | #39 |
| Arizona | 49 | #129 | #42 |
| Nevada | 19 | #132 | #49 |
| Washington | 51 | #136 | #52 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | #137 | #41 |
| Utah | 30 | #150 | #42 |
| Colorado | 39 | #150 | #48 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #153 | #139 |
| Nebraska | 15 | #155 | #65 |
| North Carolina | 64 | #162 | #74 |
| Delaware | 6 | #163 | #62 |
| Tennessee | 44 | #176 | #108 |
| Oregon | 19 | #197 | #42 |
| Georgia | 54 | #197 | #79 |
| New York | 84 | #202 | #28 |
| Montana | 6 | #205 | #100 |
| South Carolina | 23 | #218 | #123 |
| Pennsylvania | 50 | #226 | #55 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #228 | #200 |
| Ohio | 47 | #240 | #58 |
| Wisconsin | 23 | #245 | #88 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #245 | #52 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #246 | #28 |
| Michigan | 36 | #258 | #75 |
| Idaho | 9 | #273 | #40 |
| Kansas | 12 | #281 | #72 |
| Missouri | 22 | #287 | #96 |
| Alabama | 16 | #315 | #148 |
| Indiana | 23 | #316 | #74 |
| Iowa | 11 | #320 | #139 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #336 | #65 |
| Louisiana | 14 | #338 | #147 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #340 | #116 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #621 | #224 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,973 | #151 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,232 | #126 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,372 | #114 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,605 | #106 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,599 | #106 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,956 | #90 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,369 | #80 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,924 | #61 | — | — |
| 2017 | 4,333 | #54 | 5 | #13,891 |
| 2016 | 4,956 | #44 | 5 | #13,844 |
| 2015 | 5,347 | #40 | 7 | #10,424 |
| 2014 | 5,735 | #33 | 12 | #6,979 |
| 2013 | 6,516 | #29 | 7 | #10,524 |
| 2012 | 6,938 | #26 | 8 | #9,549 |
| 2011 | 7,400 | #17 | — | — |
| 2010 | 8,411 | #15 | 17 | #5,431 |
| 2009 | 9,669 | #14 | 17 | #5,507 |
| 2008 | 11,190 | #11 | 14 | #6,340 |
| 2007 | 11,883 | #12 | 7 | #10,689 |
| 2006 | 12,470 | #10 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2005 | 13,642 | #8 | 17 | #4,995 |
| 2004 | 13,786 | #9 | 39 | #2,733 |
| 2003 | 13,870 | #10 | 12 | #6,186 |
| 2002 | 14,671 | #9 | 23 | #3,761 |
| 2001 | 15,867 | #7 | 16 | #4,850 |
| 2000 | 17,265 | #7 | 21 | #3,888 |
| 1999 | 19,044 | #5 | 35 | #2,549 |
| 1998 | 20,195 | #3 | 28 | #2,916 |
| 1997 | 20,170 | #6 | 19 | #3,708 |
| 1996 | 20,552 | #5 | 35 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 21,644 | #4 | 34 | #2,338 |
| 1994 | 22,824 | #4 | 31 | #2,487 |
| 1993 | 23,668 | #4 | 34 | #2,285 |
| 1992 | 24,407 | #6 | 38 | #2,079 |
| 1991 | 25,651 | #5 | 49 | #1,695 |
| 1990 | 25,868 | #5 | 58 | #1,498 |
| 1989 | 24,792 | #6 | 120 | #930 |
| 1988 | 20,700 | #8 | 71 | #1,213 |
| 1987 | 17,944 | #11 | 71 | #1,138 |
| 1986 | 14,092 | #21 | 54 | #1,343 |
| 1985 | 10,658 | #29 | 33 | #1,830 |
| 1984 | 8,038 | #39 | 23 | #2,277 |
| 1983 | 7,703 | #40 | 32 | #1,783 |
| 1982 | 6,768 | #44 | 22 | #2,326 |
| 1981 | 5,516 | #51 | 16 | #2,874 |
| 1980 | 4,913 | #58 | 12 | #3,578 |
| 1979 | 4,461 | #66 | 16 | #2,878 |
| 1978 | 3,886 | #74 | 18 | #2,548 |
| 1977 | 3,284 | #85 | 7 | #5,022 |
| 1976 | 3,347 | #85 | 15 | #2,800 |
| 1975 | 2,834 | #101 | 12 | #3,204 |
| 1974 | 2,251 | #128 | 12 | #3,090 |
| 1973 | 2,119 | #135 | 10 | #3,413 |
| 1972 | 2,220 | #137 | 7 | #4,365 |
| 1971 | 2,209 | #144 | 15 | #2,534 |
| 1970 | 2,295 | #149 | 9 | #3,480 |
| 1969 | 2,422 | #140 | 10 | #3,031 |
| 1968 | 2,335 | #136 | 6 | #4,060 |
| 1967 | 1,804 | #176 | — | — |
| 1966 | 1,793 | #182 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,961 | #179 | 8 | #3,203 |
| 1964 | 415 | #474 | — | — |
| 1963 | 71 | #1,316 | — | — |
| 1962 | 73 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1961 | 72 | #1,317 | — | — |
| 1960 | 81 | #1,216 | — | — |
| 1959 | 111 | #1,004 | — | — |
| 1958 | 109 | #998 | — | — |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,773 | — | — |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,046 | — | — |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,095 | — | — |
| 1954 | 30 | #1,937 | — | — |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,821 | — | — |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,596 | — | — |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,405 | — | — |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,471 | — | — |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,784 | — | — |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,476 | — | — |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,737 | — | — |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,751 | — | — |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,871 | — | — |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,888 | — | — |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,628 | — | — |
| 1938 | 17 | #2,010 | — | — |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,620 | — | — |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,735 | — | — |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,163 | — | — |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,138 | — | — |
| 1932 | 16 | #2,110 | — | — |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,947 | — | — |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,403 | — | — |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,407 | — | — |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,485 | — | — |
| 1927 | 11 | #3,022 | — | — |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,512 | — | — |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,108 | — | — |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,497 | — | — |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,889 | — | — |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,608 | — | — |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,612 | — | — |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,661 | — | — |
| 1919 | 23 | #1,736 | — | — |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,191 | — | — |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,644 | — | — |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,792 | — | — |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,732 | — | — |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,477 | — | — |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,211 | — | — |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,226 | — | — |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,613 | — | — |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,459 | — | — |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1907 | 16 | #984 | — | — |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,461 | — | — |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 1902 | 15 | #932 | — | — |
| 1901 | 16 | #852 | — | — |
| 1900 | 27 | #701 | — | — |
| 1899 | 15 | #867 | — | — |
| 1898 | 21 | #743 | — | — |
| 1897 | 13 | #926 | — | — |
| 1896 | 18 | #785 | — | — |
| 1895 | 16 | #814 | — | — |
| 1894 | 16 | #779 | — | — |
| 1893 | 20 | #656 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #661 | — | — |
| 1891 | 20 | #606 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #720 | — | — |
| 1889 | 14 | #718 | — | — |
| 1888 | 18 | #608 | — | — |
| 1887 | 16 | #583 | — | — |
| 1886 | 13 | #654 | — | — |
| 1885 | 17 | #538 | — | — |
| 1884 | 16 | #538 | — | — |
| 1883 | 17 | #479 | — | — |
| 1882 | 15 | #490 | — | — |
| 1881 | 12 | #501 | — | — |
| 1880 | 21 | #365 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).