Samanta
Girl · sa-MAN-ta · English
Samanta is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Samanta mean?
English: form of Samantha, an 18th-century coinage perhaps from Samuel
Spanish, Polish and Latvian spelling of Samantha, a name first recorded in 18th-century New England.
- Say it
- sa-MAN-ta
Is Samanta a girl's or a boy's name?
Samanta is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samanta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Samanta, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 41 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Samanta than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Samanta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Samanta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 37 | #1,040 |
| 2014 | 36 | #1,053 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 29 | #1,147 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Samanta in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Samanta, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Samanta in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samanta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 69 | #2,602 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,843 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 35 | #3,215 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,261 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
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