How popular is the name Samara?

Samara ranks 880th among girls' names in US records, with 21,999 births since 1949. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,513.

Is Samara a unisex name?

No. Samara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2018, when 1,298 children were given the name. It has been in use for 76 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#880 of girl names

Pronounced S AE1 M ER0 AH0 (ARPABET)

Samara is a girls' name, and first appears in 1949. It has been given to 21,999 children — the 880th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 53% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 1,298 children were given it.

2018Girls: 1,298Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Samara?: Samara ranks 880th among girls' names in US records, with 21,999 births since 1949. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,513.
Is Samara a unisex name?: No. Samara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Samara most popular?: 2018, when 1,298 children were given the name. It has been in use for 76 years and is still recorded as of 2024.