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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Samara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Samara” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Samara” 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 “Samara” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Samara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Samara” 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
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 6 0.000001507 6 100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 100%
1959 7 0.000001684 7 100%
1960 6 0.000001444 6 100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 100%
1969 43 0.000012373 43 100%
1970 60 0.000016637 60 100%
1971 89 0.00002593 89 100%
1972 68 0.000021635 68 100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 100%
1974 74 0.000024342 74 100%
1975 71 0.000023515 71 100%
1976 101 0.000033286 101 100%
1977 117 0.000036833 117 100%
1978 125 0.000039384 125 100%
1979 115 0.000034566 115 100%
1980 104 0.000030193 104 100%
1981 125 0.000036134 125 100%
1982 114 0.000032498 114 100%
1983 100 0.000028874 100 100%
1984 107 0.00003067 107 100%
1985 101 0.000028298 101 100%
1986 104 0.000029237 104 100%
1987 91 0.000025238 91 100%
1988 108 0.000029228 108 100%
1989 128 0.000033295 128 100%
1990 150 0.000037951 150 100%
1991 159 0.000040819 159 100%
1992 145 0.000037748 145 100%
1993 171 0.000045355 171 100%
1994 174 0.000046804 174 100%
1995 179 0.000048878 179 100%
1996 170 0.000046611 170 100%
1997 197 0.000054334 197 100%
1998 204 0.000055462 204 100%
1999 223 0.00006037 223 100%
2000 248 0.00006561 248 100%
2001 261 0.000069723 261 100%
2002 242 0.000064735 242 100%
2003 656 0.000172526 656 100%
2004 857 0.000224291 857 100%
2005 825 0.000214573 825 100%
2006 948 0.000239625 948 100%
2007 707 0.000176852 707 100%
2008 629 0.000160024 629 100%
2009 594 0.00015549 594 100%
2010 488 0.000132044 488 100%
2011 525 0.000143529 525 100%
2012 516 0.000141085 516 100%
2013 492 0.000134955 492 100%
2014 452 0.000121952 452 100%
2015 452 0.000122132 452 100%
2016 670 0.000182626 670 100%
2017 1009 0.000282143 1009 100%
2018 1270 0.000361216 1270 100%
2019 978 0.000281769 978 100%
2020 886 0.000265224 886 100%
2021 833 0.000245871 833 100%
2022 1068 0.000315684 1068 100%
2023 1199 0.000362105 1194 5 99%
2024 997 0.000299534 997 100%

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