Samantha Name Popularity

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How popular is Samantha?

In 2018 the popular name Samantha, ranked the 60th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Samantha has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #3 was reached in 1998.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1990 with 25,867 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Samantha was 5 in 1903.

Approximately during the years 1897-1900, 1904-1907, 1909-1912, 1931-1935, 1940-1943, 1944-1948, 1954-1958, 1963-1968, and 1972-1990, the name Samantha took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1994-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

For a number of years, the name Samantha has been spiralling downward in popularity. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Samantha lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Samantha?

Currently, the name is at a very low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Samantha is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Samantha (Girl)		Samantha (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		3,897	60	< 5	--
2017		4,318	54	5	13,846
2016		4,952	44	5	13,808
2015		5,340	40	7	10,402
2014		5,726	33	12	6,963
2013		6,505	29	6	11,880
2012		6,929	26	8	9,541
2011		7,395	17	< 5	--
2010		8,408	15	17	5,426
2009		9,660	14	17	5,500
2008		11,182	11	14	6,335
2007		11,880	12	7	10,685
2006		12,462	10	18	5,027
2005		13,638	8	17	4,988
2004		13,783	9	39	2,732
2003		13,867	10	12	6,183
2002		14,666	9	23	3,759
2001		15,864	7	16	4,848
2000		17,265	7	21	3,887
1999		19,038	5	35	2,547
1998		20,192	3	28	2,911
1997		20,169	6	19	3,707
1996		20,548	5	35	2,328
1995		21,644	4	34	2,338
1994		22,820	4	31	2,487
1993		23,668	4	34	2,284
1992		24,409	6	38	2,077
1991		25,645	5	49	1,695
1990		25,867	5	58	1,498
1989		24,792	6	120	930
1988		20,699	8	71	1,215
1987		17,941	11	71	1,139
1986		14,092	21	54	1,343
1985		10,659	29	33	1,828
1984		8,034	39	23	2,278
1983		7,705	40	32	1,783
1982		6,771	44	22	2,324
1981		5,521	51	16	2,870
1980		4,920	58	12	3,579
1979		4,460	66	16	2,876
1978		3,887	74	18	2,547
1977		3,287	85	7	5,018
1976		3,351	85	15	2,795
1975		2,834	101	12	3,203
1974		2,252	128	12	3,090
1973		2,118	135	10	3,413
1972		2,222	137	7	4,363
1971		2,209	144	15	2,534
1970		2,297	149	9	3,480
1969		2,422	140	10	3,033
1968		2,337	136	6	4,058
1967		1,805	176	< 5	--
1966		1,794	182	< 5	--
1965		1,961	179	8	3,203
1964		416	474	< 5	--
1963		71	1,315	< 5	--
1962		76	1,276	< 5	--
1961		72	1,315	< 5	--
1960		82	1,211	< 5	--
1959		111	1,004	< 5	--
1958		109	999	< 5	--
1957		38	1,772	< 5	--
1956		29	2,045	< 5	--
1955		27	2,096	< 5	--
1954		30	1,936	< 5	--
1953		31	1,821	< 5	--
1952		38	1,576	< 5	--
1951		38	1,554	< 5	--
1950		36	1,569	< 5	--
1949		44	1,405	< 5	--
1948		40	1,471	< 5	--
1947		29	1,812	< 5	--
1946		33	1,553	< 5	--
1945		31	1,475	< 5	--
1944		24	1,736	< 5	--
1943		28	1,622	< 5	--
1942		24	1,751	< 5	--
1941		20	1,871	< 5	--
1940		19	1,889	< 5	--
1939		23	1,626	< 5	--
1938		17	2,011	< 5	--
1937		23	1,620	< 5	--
1936		20	1,734	< 5	--
1935		22	1,653	< 5	--
1934		15	2,162	< 5	--
1933		15	2,137	< 5	--
1932		16	2,111	< 5	--
1931		10	2,946	< 5	--
1930		14	2,404	< 5	--
1929		14	2,407	< 5	--
1928		14	2,484	< 5	--
1927		11	3,022	< 5	--
1926		9	3,511	< 5	--
1925		19	2,107	< 5	--
1924		15	2,497	< 5	--
1923		22	1,889	< 5	--
1922		28	1,608	< 5	--
1921		29	1,569	< 5	--
1920		26	1,661	< 5	--
1919		23	1,736	< 5	--
1918		17	2,191	< 5	--
1917		23	1,644	< 5	--
1916		20	1,792	< 5	--
1915		20	1,732	< 5	--
1914		20	1,477	< 5	--
1913		13	1,749	< 5	--
1912		20	1,211	< 5	--
1911		15	1,226	< 5	--
1910		10	1,613	< 5	--
1909		10	1,459	< 5	--
1908		13	1,191	< 5	--
1907		16	984	< 5	--
1906		13	1,093	< 5	--
1905		12	1,154	< 5	--
1904		8	1,461	< 5	--
1903		5	2,043	< 5	--
1902		15	932	< 5	--
1901		16	852	< 5	--
1900		27	701	< 5	--
1899		15	867	< 5	--
1898		21	743	< 5	--
1897		13	926	< 5	--
1896		18	785	< 5	--
1895		16	814	< 5	--
1894		16	779	< 5	--
1893		20	656	< 5	--
1892		20	661	< 5	--
1891		20	606	< 5	--
1890		15	720	< 5	--
1889		14	718	< 5	--
1888		18	608	< 5	--
1887		16	583	< 5	--
1886		13	654	< 5	--
1885		17	538	< 5	--
1884		16	538	< 5	--
1883		17	479	< 5	--
1882		15	490	< 5	--
1881		12	501	< 5	--
1880		21	365	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.