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Samantha

Gender
Girl
Say it
sa-MAN-tha
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#752 for girls
US rank, 2025
#151 for girls

Samantha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 752nd for girls in the UK (53 babies) and 151st for girls in the US (1,973 babies).

What does Samantha mean?

Hebrew: probably an 18th-century feminine of Samuel

First recorded in 18th-century America, probably as a feminine of Samuel; the TV comedy Bewitched made it famous.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Samantha a girl's or a boy's name?

Samantha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the UK and 1,973 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Samantha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
752nd among girls
Babies in 2025
53 about 1 in 5,300 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were named Samantha, making it the 752nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 581st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,109 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Samantha since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Samantha in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#9), 1984 (#8) and 1994 (#20).

1996Busiest: 2,109 in 19962025
Samantha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202553#752
202462#666
202357#690
202258#697
202168#617
202074#581
201984#531
2018100#484
2017119#410
2016117#425
2015173#302
2014171#305
2013174#305
2012197#281
2011261#217
2010296#195
2009354#172
2008401#151
2007443#141
2006451#137
2005512#112
2004589#100
2003671#85
2002803#70
2001888#66
20001,031#55
19991,233#49
19981,580#42
19971,802#36
19962,109#30

How popular is Samantha in the US?

Rank in 2025
151st among girls
Babies in 2025
1,973 about 1 in 810 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
1.7% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,973 girls in the US were named Samantha, making it the 151st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 90th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 25,868 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Samantha than any year since 1967.

Half of all the girls named Samantha in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 25,868 in 19902025
Samantha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,973#151
20242,232#126
20232,372#114
20222,605#106
20212,599#106
20202,956#90
20193,369#80
20183,924#61
20174,333#54
20164,956#44
20155,347#40
20145,735#33
20136,516#29
20126,938#26
20117,400#17
20108,411#15
20099,669#14
200811,190#11
200711,883#12
200612,470#10
200513,642#8
200413,786#9
200313,870#10
200214,671#9
200115,867#7
200017,265#7
199919,044#5
199820,195#3
199720,170#6
199620,552#5
199521,644#4
199422,824#4
199323,668#4
199224,407#6
199125,651#5
199025,868#5
198924,792#6
198820,700#8
198717,944#11
198614,092#21
198510,658#29
19848,038#39
19837,703#40
19826,768#44
19815,516#51
19804,913#58
19794,461#66
19783,886#74
19773,284#85
19763,347#85
19752,834#101
19742,251#128
19732,119#135
19722,220#137
19712,209#144
19702,295#149
19692,422#140
19682,335#136
19671,804#176
19661,793#182
19651,961#179
1964415#474
196371#1,305
196273#1,292
196172#1,304
196081#1,211
1959111#1,000
1958109#993
195738#1,753
195629#2,004
195527#2,062
195430#1,908
195331#1,782
195238#1,559
195138#1,527
195035#1,575
194944#1,392
194840#1,460
194730#1,751
194633#1,531
194531#1,449
194424#1,697
194327#1,624
194224#1,705
194120#1,810
194019#1,845
193923#1,585
193817#1,945
193723#1,580
193620#1,691
193522#1,606
193415#2,086
193315#2,051
193216#2,036
193110#2,748
193014#2,305
192914#2,300
192814#2,380
192711#2,858
19269#3,268
192519#2,017
192415#2,408
192322#1,840
192228#1,575
192128#1,577
192026#1,626
191923#1,698
191817#2,101
191723#1,605
191620#1,739
191520#1,672
191420#1,444
191313#1,670
191220#1,178
191115#1,171
191010#1,521
190910#1,369
190813#1,135
190716#945
190613#1,043
190512#1,093
19048#1,363
19035#1,791
190215#903
190116#829
190027#688
189915#835
189821#719
189713#895
189618#754
189516#788
189416#744
189320#644
189220#638
189120#589
189015#693
188914#687
188818#593
188716#560
188613#633
188517#520
188416#520
188317#465
188215#475
188112#491
188021#352

Nicknames for Samantha

Names like Samantha

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Francesca, Sara, Joanna, Abigail, Rebecca, Sarah, Alexandra, Michaela, Melissa, Hannah, Emily

Names related to Samantha

Samanta, Sammantha, Zamantha, Symantha, Samanatha

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Samantha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samantha, updated 20 October 2026.