How popular is “Samantha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Samantha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Samantha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Samantha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Samantha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Samantha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Samantha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Samantha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	21	0.000104227	21		100%
1881	12	0.000062277	12		100%
1882	15	0.00006771	15		100%
1883	17	0.000078361	17		100%
1884	16	0.000065719	16		100%
1885	17	0.000070582	17		100%
1886	13	0.000050917	13		100%
1887	16	0.000064675	16		100%
1888	18	0.000060105	18		100%
1889	14	0.000048452	14		100%
1890	15	0.000049768	15		100%
1891	20	0.000069766	20		100%
1892	20	0.000059813	20		100%
1893	20	0.000061496	20		100%
1894	16	0.000047241	16		100%
1895	16	0.000045581	16		100%
1896	18	0.000050352	18		100%
1897	13	0.000037469	13		100%
1898	21	0.000055052	21		100%
1899	15	0.000044217	15		100%
1900	27	0.000059966	27		100%
1901	16	0.000046268	16		100%
1902	15	0.000038786	15		100%
1903	5	0.000013116	5		100%
1904	8	0.000019827	8		100%
1905	12	0.000028307	12		100%
1906	13	0.000030342	13		100%
1907	16	0.00003438	16		100%
1908	13	0.000026604	13		100%
1909	10	0.000019561	10		100%
1910	10	0.000016929	10		100%
1911	15	0.000023282	15		100%
1912	20	0.000020242	20		100%
1913	13	0.000011432	13		100%
1914	20	0.000014121	20		100%
1915	20	0.000010914	20		100%
1916	20	0.000010339	20		100%
1917	23	0.000011461	23		100%
1918	17	0.00000783	17		100%
1919	23	0.000010899	23		100%
1920	26	0.000011491	26		100%
1921	28	0.000011994	28		100%
1922	28	0.000012232	28		100%
1923	22	0.000009555	22		100%
1924	15	0.000006298	15		100%
1925	19	0.000008143	19		100%
1926	9	0.00000392	9		100%
1927	11	0.000004743	11		100%
1928	14	0.000006192	14		100%
1929	14	0.000006386	14		100%
1930	14	0.000006297	14		100%
1931	10	0.000004752	10		100%
1932	16	0.000007578	16		100%
1933	15	0.000007502	15		100%
1934	15	0.000007223	15		100%
1935	22	0.000010527	22		100%
1936	20	0.000009627	20		100%
1937	23	0.000010795	23		100%
1938	17	0.000007683	17		100%
1939	23	0.000010438	23		100%
1940	19	0.000008251	19		100%
1941	20	0.000008209	20		100%
1942	24	0.000008785	24		100%
1943	27	0.000009566	27		100%
1944	24	0.000008922	24		100%
1945	31	0.000011685	31		100%
1946	33	0.000010328	33		100%
1947	30	0.000008328	30		100%
1948	40	0.000011586	40		100%
1949	44	0.000012626	44		100%
1950	35	0.00000999	35		100%
1951	38	0.000010316	38		100%
1952	38	0.000010005	38		100%
1953	31	0.000008044	31		100%
1954	30	0.000007536	30		100%
1955	27	0.000006725	27		100%
1956	29	0.000007034	29		100%
1957	38	0.000009043	38		100%
1958	109	0.000026367	109		100%
1959	111	0.000026696	111		100%
1960	81	0.0000195	81		100%
1961	72	0.000017382	72		100%
1962	74	0.000018338	74		100%
1963	71	0.000017937	71		100%
1964	415	0.00010675	415		100%
1965	1969	0.000543105	1961	8	99%
1966	1793	0.000515874	1793		100%
1967	1805	0.00053168	1805		100%
1968	2341	0.000692929	2335	6	99%
1969	2432	0.000699791	2422	10	99%
1970	2304	0.000638844	2295	9	99%
1971	2224	0.000647952	2209	15	99%
1972	2228	0.000708878	2221	7	99%
1973	2129	0.000705694	2119	10	99%
1974	2263	0.000744408	2251	12	99%
1975	2846	0.000942573	2834	12	99%
1976	3363	0.001108328	3348	15	99%
1977	3293	0.001036678	3286	7	100%
1978	3906	0.001230674	3888	18	99%
1979	4478	0.001345957	4462	16	99%
1980	4925	0.001429813	4913	12	100%
1981	5533	0.001599422	5517	16	99%
1982	6790	0.001935597	6768	22	99%
1983	7736	0.002233683	7704	32	99%
1984	8061	0.002310566	8038	23	99%
1985	10691	0.002995425	10658	33	99%
1986	14146	0.00397686	14092	54	99%
1987	18015	0.004996375	17944	71	99%
1988	20771	0.005621315	20700	71	99%
1989	24912	0.006479996	24792	120	99%
1990	25926	0.006559429	25868	58	100%
1991	25697	0.006596984	25648	49	100%
1992	24447	0.006364296	24409	38	100%
1993	23702	0.006286537	23668	34	100%
1994	22855	0.006147696	22824	31	100%
1995	21679	0.005919739	21645	34	100%
1996	20586	0.005644338	20551	35	100%
1997	20189	0.005568229	20170	19	100%
1998	20222	0.005497787	20194	28	100%
1999	19078	0.005164777	19043	35	100%
2000	17285	0.004572867	17264	21	100%
2001	15883	0.004242945	15867	16	100%
2002	14694	0.003930673	14671	23	100%
2003	13881	0.003650667	13869	12	100%
2004	13826	0.003618497	13787	39	99%
2005	13659	0.003552549	13642	17	100%
2006	12488	0.003156573	12470	18	100%
2007	11890	0.002974223	11883	7	100%
2008	11204	0.002850408	11190	14	100%
2009	9684	0.002534962	9667	17	100%
2010	8427	0.002280193	8410	17	100%
2011	7398	0.002022532	7398		100%
2012	6945	0.001898907	6937	8	100%
2013	6523	0.001789247	6516	7	100%
2014	5747	0.001550571	5735	12	100%
2015	5354	0.00144667	5347	7	100%
2016	4960	0.001351978	4955	5	100%
2017	4337	0.001212741	4332	5	100%
2018	3923	0.001115789	3923		100%
2019	3369	0.000970632	3369		100%
2020	2955	0.000884578	2955		100%
2021	2599	0.000767131	2599		100%
2022	2603	0.000769405	2603		100%
2023	2368	0.000715149	2368		100%
2024	2221	0.000667267	2221		100%

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