Samari
#3,161 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Samari has been given to 2,198 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #3,161 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 93 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.
Babies named Samari, 2025
1 in 65,000
Samari over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Samari over time
In 2025, Samari went to 69% girls and 31% boys.
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.
How common is Samari?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 65,000
- 51 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 31,500
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,161
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 45,058 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Samari sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 45,058 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Samaris were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Samari was born before 2011 — so the typical Samari is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 38.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 91.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,499
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 38.0% of all recorded uses (570).
Is Samari 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
- −752
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +829
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,052
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.46×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 54.8%
- Peak was 2007 (93)
- Years since peak
- 18
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.3% average annual change
Spellings of Samari
Samari is not the most common spelling — Tamara is, with 29.7% against Samari's 0.34%.
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 Samari is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Samari was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 45,223 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 25,000
- 2Florida1 in 33,333
- 3Maryland1 in 50,000
- 4Missouri1 in 50,000
- 5Ohio1 in 50,000
- 6California1 in 100,000
- 7North Carolina1 in 100,000
- 8New York1 in 100,000
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.
Where Samari is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Samari was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 644,484 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
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. Samari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Samari by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Samari
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Samari
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.