girls:
4.3k births since 1952
#2620 (54th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1952
#4186 (46th percentile)
The name Samaria is the #4,186 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,286 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 45.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 45.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,620 (54.2% percentile) for all time with 4,286 births since 1952.
Samaria first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (first recorded for girls in 1952). Birth data for Samaria is available in 60 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023. 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, Samaria reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 23.9% percentile (ranked #751) with 114 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 114 births per million (ranked 23.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Samaria ranks #852 for girls (10.0% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 50.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samaria".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Samaria. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Samaria is pronounced as suh-MEH-ree-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-MAH-ree-uh, at 15.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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