Samar
Samar was the 2329th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 60 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1790th with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 125 places. More babies were named Samar in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,329 boys, down 219 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 60boys
- Girls and boys
- 28% girls, 72% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202292 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,385babies recorded
Samar popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,736 | #2,329 | 29 | 60 |
| 2020 | #5,634 | #2,110 | 22 | 67 |
| 2010 | #4,479 | #3,513 | 33 | 31 |
| 2000 | #4,271 | #11,812 | 29 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,655 | #7,037 | 21 | 7 |
| 1980 | #5,478 | #6,109 | 13 | 6 |
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How popular is Samar, counting every spelling?
Samar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Samar?
60 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Samar (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Samar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 140 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Samar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Samar?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Samar are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Samar a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Samar by state
How common Samar was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (3.9×), California (2.4×). In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Samar
How popular is the name Samar?
Samar was the 2329th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 60 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1790th with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 125 places. More babies were named Samar in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Samar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 28% girls, 72% boys given the name Samar in the US.
Where is Samar most popular?
In 2021–2025, Samar was most common in New Jersey (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Virginia.