How Many People Are Named Samanta?
An estimated 1,800 people in the United States have the first name Samanta. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Samanta peaked in popularity in 2005 with 98 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Samanta as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Samanta paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,800
About 1 in 190,419 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2005
98 births
Total Registered
1,840
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Samanta
Samanta is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,840 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Samanta as a female name
Ranked #8,834 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (98 births)
Samanta: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Samanta span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 816 babies were registered. Samanta has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Samanta by Decade
How has Samanta tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Samanta by State
Birth registrations for Samanta span all 9 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in Nevada, Georgia, New Jersey. On average, about 104 Samantas were registered per state.
Samanta + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Samanta as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Samanta: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Samanta?
We estimate approximately 1,800 people named Samanta are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 190,419 Americans share this first name.
Is Samanta a common name?
Samanta is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,840 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Samanta most popular?
Samanta reached peak popularity in 2005, when 98 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Samanta is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Samanta a female name?
Samanta is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Samanta Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Samanta Smith, Samanta Johnson, Samanta Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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