girls:
111 births since 2003
#5605 (2nd percentile)
overall:
111 births since 2003
#7628 (1st percentile)
The name Samariya is the #7,628 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 111 recorded births since 2003. This represents the 1.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,605 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 2003.
Samariya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2003 (first recorded for girls in 2003). Birth data for Samariya is available in 12 out of the 21 years between 2003 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, Samariya reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #973) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Samariya ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 59.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samariya".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Samariya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Samariya is pronounced as suh-MAH-ree-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-MUH-ree-uh, at 21.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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