Samanatha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MAN-tha
Samanatha is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Samanatha come from?
Variant spelling of Samantha, whose origin is uncertain
Is Samanatha a girl's or a boy's name?
Samanatha is a girls' name.
How popular is Samanatha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Samanatha in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samanatha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 29 | #3,699 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 34 | #3,222 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 32 | #3,090 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
Nicknames for Samanatha
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samanatha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Aisha, Samira, Shira, Radhika, Asha, Sahara, Alisha, Anika, Samara, Aviva, Anisha
Names related to Samanatha
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, “Samanatha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samanatha, updated 20 October 2026.