How Many People Are Named Samanth?
An estimated 248 people in the United States have the first name Samanth. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Samanth peaked in popularity in 1988 with 31 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Samanth 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 Samanth paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
248
About 1 in 1,382,074 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1988
31 births
Total Registered
262
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Samanth
Samanth is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 262 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Samanth as a female name
Ranked #19,981 in 2007
5 female births in 2007
Peak: 1988 (31 births)
Samanth: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Samanth span from the 1960s to the 2000s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 130 babies were registered. Samanth has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Samanth by Decade
How has Samanth 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.
Samanth by State
Samanth + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Samanth as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Samanth
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Samanth: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Samanth?
We estimate approximately 248 people named Samanth 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 1,382,074 Americans share this first name.
Is Samanth a common name?
Samanth is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 262 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Samanth most popular?
Samanth reached peak popularity in 1988, when 31 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Samanth is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Samanth a female name?
Samanth is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Samanth Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Samanth Smith, Samanth Johnson, Samanth 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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