girls:
20.8k births since 1949
#1007 (82nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2023
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
20.8k births since 1949
#1776 (77th percentile)
The name Samara is the #1,776 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,801 recorded births since 1949. This represents the 77.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,007 (82.4% percentile) for all time with 20,796 births since 1949. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2023.
Samara first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1949 (1949 for girls and 2023 for boys).
The name Samara has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Samara reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 74.2% percentile (ranked #249) with 682 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 682 births per million (ranked 74.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Samara is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #247 (74.0% percentile) with 680 births per million.
For boys, Samara reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Currently, Samara is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samara".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Samara. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.0% confident that Samara is pronounced as suh-MAH-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-mer-uh, at 13.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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