NameTides

Samantha

Samantha was the #151 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,973 babies), and #778 in England & Wales and #347 in Canada.

Samantha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Samantha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesIreland
Samantha as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#151 (1,973)#778 (47)#474 (6)—#885 (3)#347 (89)——
2024#126 (2,232)#670 (57)#541 (5)—#631 (5)#327 (94)——
2023#114 (2,372)#677 (53)#630 (4)—#339 (11)#262 (112)——
2022#106 (2,605)#729 (50)#380 (8)—#458 (8)#256 (117)——
2021#106 (2,599)#654 (59)#485 (6)#446 (3)#322 (13)#223 (138)——
2020#90 (2,956)#604 (64)#341 (10)—#495 (7)#207 (140)——
2019#80 (3,369)#526 (77)#650 (4)#424 (3)#421 (9)#134 (206)——
2018#61 (3,924)#484 (89)#502 (6)#313 (5)#336 (13)#126 (217)——
2017#54 (4,333)#427 (103)#369 (9)#239 (7)#272 (17)#105 (252)——
2016#44 (4,956)#437 (101)#336 (11)#306 (5)#419 (10)#90 (324)——
2015#40 (5,347)#300 (159)#416 (8)#269 (6)#291 (17)#85 (325)—#99 (48)
2014#33 (5,735)#300 (156)#282 (15)—#321 (15)#88 (320)——
2013#29 (6,516)#324 (144)#209 (21)#218 (9)#201 (28)#58 (434)#84 (83)#84 (63)
2012#26 (6,938)#289 (166)#179 (25)#297 (6)#250 (20)#51 (457)#91 (81)—
2011#17 (7,400)#232 (218)#141 (33)#189 (10)#299 (17)#41 (506)#72 (97)#76 (67)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #5.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 810 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 810common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samantha is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 840 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 780 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samantha by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #131WAIdaho: #244IDMontana: #168MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #116ILMichigan: #253MINew York: #198NYMassachusetts: #131MAOregon: #190ORNevada: #119NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #301IAIndiana: #305INOhio: #235OHPennsylvania: #223PANew Jersey: #93NJConnecticut: #240CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #80CAUtah: #149UTColorado: #147CONebraska: #149NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #146KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #114VAMaryland: #78MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #128AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #256KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #174TNNorth Carolina: #159NCSouth Carolina: #210SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #194GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #118TXFlorida: #98FL
Samantha (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30641
Quebec2025#5917

Samantha (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SamanthaCanadaGirls#34789
SamanthaCanadaBoys—too few
SamanthaEngland & WalesGirls#77847
SamanthaIrelandGirls#8853
SamanthaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamanthaNSWGirls—too few
SamanthaScotlandGirls#4746
SamanthaUSGirls#1511,973
SamanthaUSBoys—too few
SamanthaVICGirls—too few