Samanthia

girls:

492 births since 1960

#5224 (9th percentile)

overall:

492 births since 1960

#7247 (6th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Samanthia is the #7,247 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 492 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,224 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 492 births since 1960.

Samanthia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for girls in 1960). Birth data for Samanthia is available in 42 out of the 43 years between 1960 and 2002. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Samanthia reached its peak popularity in 1965, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #733) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1965, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2002.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samanthia".

1960 2002 19602002

Key Statistics

Total Births
492
Peak Births
29
Peak Year
1965
First Recorded
1960
Peak Percentile
3.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#733
Current Rank
Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Samanthia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Samantha" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Samantha..

How to Pronounce Samanthia

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Samanthia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 55.6% confident that Samanthia is pronounced as suh-MAN-thee-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-MAN-thuh, at 44.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.

suh-MAN-thee-uh (4 syllables)
55.6% confidence
S AH0 M AE1 N TH IY0 AH0

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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