Feminine dossier · first seen 1972

Samarah

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

120

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1972Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

37.5%

2024

All-time

1,993

Samarah has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 120 girls were named Samarah.

In 2024, only 75 girls were given the name.

Down 37.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,993 Americans have been named Samarah and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1972.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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