How rare is the name Samatha?

5,965 people in the United States have the first name Samatha, about 1 in 50,634. It ranks #3,477 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SAMATHA

#3,477

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,965
About
1 in 50,634
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,965 people named Samatha, 61.5% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Samatha peaked in 1989, when 248 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642018
Peak year
1989
Births that year
248
In 2018
5 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,202 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Samatha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,639. The largest share of babies named Samatha, 60.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#3,919243
1970s#2,383704
1980s#1,6391,609
1990s#2,3131,252
2000s#6,830350
2010s#25,68244
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–8024.3%
Millennials 1981–9660.4%
Generation Z 1997–1214.6%
2013 and later0.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Samatha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samatha has been most common in Mississippi (2.5×), Kentucky (2×), and North Carolina (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.58×).

2,112 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.

Exactly as common as Samatha

1 other first name also has 5,965 people.

#3,477 Gregoria · 5,965

Either side of Samatha

#3,475 Yara · 5,970#3,477 Gregoria · 5,965#3,479 Augusto · 5,964#3,480 Roscoe · 5,963

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Samatha, most common first.

#28,312 Santha · 318#30,089 Samhitha · 291#31,104 Samita · 277#38,294 Samath · 201#43,502 Sanath · 162#43,957 Samtha · 159#48,840 Sammatha · 129#49,014 Sameth · 128

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