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Samar

#2,329 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Samar has been given to 2,385 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #2,329 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 92 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Samar, 2025

1 in 55,300

Samar over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Samar over time

In 2025, Samar went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Samar: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Sanskrit

What Samar means

Samar has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Samar

One of the source’s documented entries for Samar records a meaning of evening conversation.

One of the source’s documented entries for Samar records a meaning of fruit, profit.

Origin, language, and formation

Samar is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Samar comes through Sanskrit समर.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Samar is pronounced /ˈsɑmɑɹ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,278 boys were recorded with the name Samar between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 92 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,790 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,110 in 2020 to #2,329 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,204 in 2015 to #2,329 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,107 girls were recorded with the name Samar between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1998; its best national rank was #3,624 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,630 in 2020 to #4,735 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,832 in 2015 to #4,735 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Samar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 55,300
60 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,329
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,299 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Samar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 38,299 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Samars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Samar was born before 2017 — so the typical Samar is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,278
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2010s — 43.4% of all recorded uses (555).

Is Samar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−20
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−219
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−125
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.97×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
65.2%
Peak was 2022 (92)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,790
2022

Spellings of Samar

Samar is not the most common spelling — Sam is, with 20.0% against Samar's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Samar is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Samar was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 5,882 boys, against 1 in 20,888 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

117 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 5,882
  2. 2California1 in 12,500
  3. 3Washington1 in 20,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 25,000
  5. 5New York1 in 25,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 25,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Virginia1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Samar is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Samar was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 334,319 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Michigan1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Samar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Samar around the world

Where Samar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,466
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2023
    #728
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2023–2023
    #660
    in 2023
  • France
    2019–2019
    #6,351
    in 2019
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #831
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1999–2013
    #276
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Samar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,329
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 219
Best rank ever
#1,790
2022
Peak year
2022
92 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,278
Count in 2025
60

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,735
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 895
Best rank ever
#3,624
1998
Peak year
1998
33 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,107
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Samar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Samar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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