Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Samantha

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Samantha
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.4% from peak

Peak era

1990

Peak rank proxy

25,868

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Millennial

1880Peak 19902024

Peak year

1990

Decline from peak

91.4%

2024

2,221

All-time

590,854

Samantha once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1990, when 25,868 girls were named Samantha.

In 2024, only 2,221 girls were given the name.

Down 91.4% from its peak.

All told, about 590,854 Americans have been named Samantha and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.4% from peak

199025,868 girls named Samantha

20242,221 girls named Samantha

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