first name
SAMARA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,524 people named Samara, 32.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 32.2% as White and 21.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Samara peaked in 2018, when 1,270 babies got the name.
At least 22,769 babies have been given the name since 1949. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Samara by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #668. The largest share of babies named Samara, 49.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Samara is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samara has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Florida (2.1×), and Arizona (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.25×).
20,044 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Samara
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Samara, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Samara ranks #23,641 of 156,621, with 1,107 people. See Samara as a last name
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