Samaj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-MAHJ
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Samaj is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Samaj come from?
Modern: modern coinage of uncertain origin; samaj is also Hindi for 'society'
Is Samaj a girl's or a boy's name?
Samaj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samaj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Samaj, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Samaj in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samaj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Samaj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Semaj, Jamir, Zahir, Hamza, Musa, Zamir, Samir, Zayd, Zymir, Nasir, Ayaan, Salem
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Samaj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samaj, updated 20 October 2026.