Samer
Samer was the 6385th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 1701st; the most babies were born in 1994 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,138 places. More babies were named Samer in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,385 boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 199453 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,463babies recorded
Samer popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1993.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,385 | 14 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #4,813 | 20 |
| 2000 | #2,795 | 33 |
| 1990 | #2,039 | 37 |
| 1980 | #2,103 | 26 |
| 1970 | #3,779 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Samer, counting every spelling?
Samer is a spelling of Sameer, a name family that had 92 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 92 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sameer | 69 | #2,123 | 327 |
| Samer | 14 | #6,385 | 65 |
| Samere | 9 | #8,788 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Samer?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Samer (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Samer 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Samer.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Samer?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Samer are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 22 and 40. That makes Samer mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Samer: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Samer, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Samer
How popular is the name Samer?
Samer was the 6385th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 1701st; the most babies were born in 1994 (53). Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,138 places. More babies were named Samer in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Samer a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Samer in the US.