first name
SAMER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,773 people named Samer, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as two or more races and 3.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Samer peaked in 1993, when 55 babies got the name.
At least 1,463 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.
Samer by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,550. The largest share of babies named Samer, 41.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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.
Either side of Samer
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Samer, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Samer ranks #106,101 of 156,621, with 179 people. See Samer as a last name
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