Samantha Popularity by Year

Follow Samantha across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Samantha birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2025Girls1,973#151Down 25 places
2024Girls2,232#126Down 12 places
2023Girls2,372#114Down 8 places
2022Girls2,605#106No rank change
2021Girls2,599#106Down 16 places
2020Girls2,956#90Down 10 places
2019Girls3,369#80Down 19 places
2018Girls3,924#61Down 7 places
2017Boys5#12,246Down 61 places
2017Girls4,333#54Down 10 places
2016Boys5#12,185Down 2,617 places
2016Girls4,956#44Down 4 places
2015Boys7#9,568Down 2,936 places
2015Girls5,347#40Down 7 places
2014Boys12#6,632Up 3,023 places
2014Girls5,735#33Down 4 places
2013Boys7#9,655Down 791 places
2013Girls6,516#29Down 3 places
2012Boys8#8,864Down 3,613 places
2012Girls6,938#26Down 9 places
2011Girls7,400#17Down 2 places
2010Boys17#5,251Up 83 places
2010Girls8,411#15Down 1 places
2009Boys17#5,334Up 736 places
2009Girls9,669#14Down 3 places
2008Boys14#6,070Up 3,718 places
2008Girls11,190#11Up 1 places
2007Boys7#9,788Down 4,923 places
2007Girls11,883#12Down 2 places
2006Boys18#4,865Down 41 places
2006Girls12,470#10Down 2 places
2005Boys17#4,824Down 2,127 places
2005Girls13,642#8Up 1 places
2004Boys39#2,697Up 3,180 places
2004Girls13,786#9Up 1 places
2003Boys12#5,877Down 2,207 places
2003Girls13,870#10Down 1 places
2002Boys23#3,670Up 1,006 places
2002Girls14,671#9Down 2 places
2001Boys16#4,676Down 912 places
2001Girls15,867#7No rank change
2000Boys21#3,764Down 1,254 places
2000Girls17,265#7Down 2 places
1999Boys35#2,510Up 341 places
1999Girls19,044#5Down 2 places
1998Boys28#2,851Up 750 places
1998Girls20,195#3Up 3 places
1997Boys19#3,601Down 1,302 places
1997Girls20,170#6Down 1 places
1996Boys35#2,299No rank change
1996Girls20,552#5Down 1 places
1995Boys34#2,299Up 145 places
1995Girls21,644#4No rank change
1994Boys31#2,444Down 187 places
1994Girls22,824#4No rank change
1993Boys34#2,257Down 211 places
1993Girls23,668#4Up 2 places
1992Boys38#2,046Down 369 places
1992Girls24,407#6Down 1 places
1991Boys49#1,677Down 191 places
1991Girls25,651#5No rank change
1990Boys58#1,486Down 560 places
1990Girls25,868#5Up 1 places
1989Boys120#926Up 278 places
1989Girls24,792#6Up 2 places
1988Boys71#1,204Down 68 places
1988Girls20,700#8Up 3 places
1987Boys71#1,136Up 198 places
1987Girls17,944#11Up 10 places
1986Boys54#1,334Up 460 places
1986Girls14,092#21Up 8 places
1985Boys33#1,794Up 438 places
1985Girls10,658#29Up 10 places
1984Boys23#2,232Down 484 places
1984Girls8,038#39Up 1 places
1983Boys32#1,748Up 521 places
1983Girls7,703#40Up 4 places
1982Boys22#2,269Up 510 places
1982Girls6,768#44Up 7 places
1981Boys16#2,779Up 651 places
1981Girls5,516#51Up 7 places
1980Boys12#3,430Down 653 places
1980Girls4,913#58Up 8 places
1979Boys16#2,777Down 304 places
1979Girls4,461#66Up 8 places
1978Boys18#2,473Up 2,109 places
1978Girls3,886#74Up 11 places
1977Boys7#4,582Down 1,873 places
1977Girls3,284#85No rank change
1976Boys15#2,709Up 369 places
1976Girls3,347#85Up 16 places
1975Boys12#3,078Down 132 places
1975Girls2,834#101Up 27 places
1974Boys12#2,946Up 277 places
1974Girls2,251#128Up 7 places
1973Boys10#3,223Up 740 places
1973Girls2,119#135Up 2 places
1972Boys7#3,963Down 1,499 places
1972Girls2,220#137Up 7 places
1971Boys15#2,464Up 818 places
1971Girls2,209#144Up 5 places
1970Boys9#3,282Down 421 places
1970Girls2,295#149Down 9 places
1969Boys10#2,861Up 812 places
1969Girls2,422#140Down 4 places
1968Boys6#3,673Down 691 places
1968Girls2,335#136Up 40 places
1967Girls1,804#176Up 6 places
1966Girls1,793#182Down 3 places
1965Boys8#2,982
1965Girls1,961#179Up 295 places
1964Girls415#474Up 831 places
1963Girls71#1,305Down 13 places
1962Girls73#1,292Up 13 places
1961Girls72#1,305Down 93 places
1960Girls81#1,212Down 211 places
1959Girls111#1,001Down 7 places
1958Girls109#994Up 760 places
1957Girls38#1,754Up 251 places
1956Girls29#2,005Up 58 places
1955Girls27#2,063Down 154 places
1954Girls30#1,909Down 126 places
1953Girls31#1,783Down 223 places
1952Girls38#1,560Down 32 places
1951Girls38#1,528Up 48 places
1950Girls35#1,576Down 183 places
1949Girls44#1,393Up 68 places
1948Girls40#1,461Up 291 places
1947Girls30#1,752Down 220 places
1946Girls33#1,532Down 82 places
1945Girls31#1,450Up 248 places
1944Girls24#1,698Down 73 places
1943Girls27#1,625Up 81 places
1942Girls24#1,706Up 104 places
1941Girls20#1,810Up 35 places
1940Girls19#1,845Down 260 places
1939Girls23#1,585Up 360 places
1938Girls17#1,945Down 365 places
1937Girls23#1,580Up 111 places
1936Girls20#1,691Down 85 places
1935Girls22#1,606Up 481 places
1934Girls15#2,087Down 35 places
1933Girls15#2,052Down 15 places
1932Girls16#2,037Up 713 places
1931Girls10#2,750Down 444 places
1930Girls14#2,306Down 5 places
1929Girls14#2,301Up 80 places
1928Girls14#2,381Up 478 places
1927Girls11#2,859Up 410 places
1926Girls9#3,269Down 1,251 places
1925Girls19#2,018Up 391 places
1924Girls15#2,409Down 569 places
1923Girls22#1,840Down 265 places
1922Girls28#1,575Up 2 places
1921Girls28#1,577Up 49 places
1920Girls26#1,626Up 72 places
1919Girls23#1,698Up 404 places
1918Girls17#2,102Down 497 places
1917Girls23#1,605Up 134 places
1916Girls20#1,739Down 67 places
1915Girls20#1,672Down 228 places
1914Girls20#1,444Up 226 places
1913Girls13#1,670Down 492 places
1912Girls20#1,178Down 7 places
1911Girls15#1,171Up 350 places
1910Girls10#1,521Down 152 places
1909Girls10#1,369Down 234 places
1908Girls13#1,135Down 190 places
1907Girls16#945Up 98 places
1906Girls13#1,043Up 50 places
1905Girls12#1,093Up 271 places
1904Girls8#1,364Up 428 places
1903Girls5#1,792Down 889 places
1902Girls15#903Down 74 places
1901Girls16#829Down 141 places
1900Girls27#688Up 147 places
1899Girls15#835Down 116 places
1898Girls21#719Up 176 places
1897Girls13#895Down 141 places
1896Girls18#754Up 34 places
1895Girls16#788Down 44 places
1894Girls16#744Down 100 places
1893Girls20#644Down 6 places
1892Girls20#638Down 49 places
1891Girls20#589Up 104 places
1890Girls15#693Down 6 places
1889Girls14#687Down 94 places
1888Girls18#593Down 33 places
1887Girls16#560Up 73 places
1886Girls13#633Down 113 places
1885Girls17#520No rank change
1884Girls16#520Down 55 places
1883Girls17#465Up 10 places
1882Girls15#475Up 16 places
1881Girls12#491Down 139 places
1880Girls21#352