Samantha

Boy · recorded 1965–2017

  • 2017last recorded
  • 1989best year

Most popular in 1989.

Last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Samantha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1965

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 50 recorded years as a table
Samantha, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19654
19683
19696
19705
19718
19724
19736
19748
19758
197610
19774
197811
19799
19807
19819
198212
198318
198413
198518
198629
198738
198837
198960
199028
199124
199219
199317
199416
199518
199618
199710
199815
199918
200011
20018
200212
20036
200420
20059
20069
20073
20087
20099
20109
20124
20134
20146
20154
20163
20173

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Samantha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2017
5
Rank in 2017
#12,246
How rare
1 in 370,191 boys
Since 1965
1,205

Samantha was last recorded in 2017. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1989, at 60 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Samantha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.