NameTides

Samar

Samar was the #2,304 boys' name in the US in 2025 (60 babies), and #1,466 in England & Wales and #591 in Canada.

Samar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Samar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,304 (60)#1,466 (18)——#591 (49)
2024#2,288 (62)#1,952 (12)——#802 (32)
2023#2,416 (56)#1,610 (15)#728 (3)#660 (4)#738 (34)
2022#1,782 (92)#1,224 (22)——#809 (31)
2021#1,823 (85)#1,329 (19)——#623 (44)
2020#2,094 (67)#1,723 (13)——#716 (35)
2019#2,001 (73)#1,587 (15)——#917 (25)
2018#1,937 (76)#1,455 (17)——#993 (22)
2017#1,977 (72)#1,339 (19)——#830 (29)
2016#2,086 (67)#1,431 (18)——#1,026 (21)
2015#2,189 (62)#1,586 (15)——#1,071 (19)
2014#2,230 (60)#1,012 (28)——#854 (27)
2013#2,594 (46)#1,147 (22)——#1,210 (16)
2012#3,115 (36)#1,962 (11)——#1,552 (11)
2011#3,364 (32)#1,909 (11)———

Samar as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Samar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Samar as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,661 (29)#3,333 (7)—#1,974 (11)
2024#4,893 (27)#2,254 (12)—#1,949 (11)
2023#4,873 (27)#2,504 (10)—#2,027 (10)
2022#5,309 (24)#2,889 (8)—#1,209 (20)
2021#4,326 (32)#3,519 (6)—#2,021 (10)
2020#5,487 (22)#2,615 (9)—#1,662 (13)
2019#4,546 (30)#2,040 (13)—#1,408 (17)
2018#4,768 (28)#1,887 (15)—#2,892 (6)
2017#4,811 (28)#2,502 (10)#808 (3)#2,609 (7)
2016#4,531 (31)#2,008 (14)—#1,399 (17)
2015#4,725 (29)#2,945 (8)—#2,891 (6)
2014#4,892 (28)#3,514 (6)—#1,279 (19)
2013#6,017 (21)#2,062 (13)—#1,792 (12)
2012#5,895 (22)#2,717 (9)—#3,334 (5)
2011#7,783 (15)#1,608 (18)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #1,782.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.
  • In 2025, 33% of US babies named Samar were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 56,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Samar is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 34,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 46,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samar by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,150CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Samar (boys) 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#50324

Samar (boys): 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
SamarCanadaGirls#1,97411
SamarCanadaBoys#59149
SamarEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
SamarEngland & WalesBoys#1,46618
SamarIrelandBoys—too few
SamarNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamarScotlandGirls—too few
SamarScotlandBoys—too few
SamarUSGirls#4,66129
SamarUSBoys#2,30460