girls:
557 births since 1977
#5159 (10th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1976
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
562 births since 1976
#7177 (7th percentile)
The name Samora is the #7,177 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 562 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,159 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 557 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1976.
Samora first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Samora is available in 32 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (31 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Samora has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1980, the name was more popular for boys (50.0% boys from 1976 to 1979), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1980 to 2023).
For girls, Samora reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #899) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Samora ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 92.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Samora reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #656) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samora".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Samora. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Samora is pronounced as suh-MAW-ruh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-MAW-ruh, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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