Samara
Girl · sa-MAR-a
Samara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 973rd for girls in the UK (38 babies) and 320th for girls in the US (957 babies).
What does Samara mean?
Samara is a city on the Volga in Russia, and a samara is also the winged seed of trees such as the sycamore.
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- sa-MAR-a
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Is Samara a girl's or a boy's name?
Samara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 girls in the UK and 957 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #973among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 7,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were named Samara, making it the 973rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 65 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Samara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #973 for this spelling alone.
- Samara 38
- Samarah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 922nd in England and Wales.
Samara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #973 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 47 | #827 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 51 | #800 |
| 2018 | 45 | #889 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 54 | #786 |
| 2015 | 50 | #830 |
| 2014 | 53 | #792 |
| 2013 | 50 | #816 |
| 2012 | 52 | #808 |
| 2011 | 43 | #903 |
| 2010 | 37 | #989 |
| 2009 | 52 | #762 |
| 2008 | 51 | #750 |
| 2007 | 50 | #733 |
| 2006 | 65 | #587 |
| 2005 | 62 | #581 |
| 2004 | 55 | #614 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 29 | #871 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 33 | #775 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 43 | #622 |
How popular is Samara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #320among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 957about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 957 girls in the US were named Samara, making it the 320th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 351st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 1,270 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Samara in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,013 girls in the US were given Samara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #331.
- Samara 957
- Samarah 56
Samara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 957 | #320 |
| 2024 | 998 | #309 |
| 2023 | 1,196 | #259 |
| 2022 | 1,068 | #299 |
| 2021 | 834 | #374 |
| 2020 | 886 | #351 |
| 2019 | 978 | #328 |
| 2018 | 1,270 | #256 |
| 2017 | 1,009 | #324 |
| 2016 | 670 | #474 |
| 2015 | 452 | #633 |
| 2014 | 452 | #633 |
| 2013 | 493 | #583 |
| 2012 | 516 | #568 |
| 2011 | 525 | #557 |
| 2010 | 488 | #600 |
| 2009 | 594 | #509 |
| 2008 | 629 | #500 |
| 2007 | 707 | #456 |
| 2006 | 948 | #349 |
| 2005 | 825 | #380 |
| 2004 | 857 | #365 |
| 2003 | 656 | #456 |
| 2002 | 242 | #923 |
| 2001 | 261 | #879 |
| 2000 | 248 | #887 |
| 1999 | 223 | #937 |
| 1998 | 204 | #987 |
| 1997 | 197 | #989 |
| 1996 | 170 | #1,085 |
| 1995 | 179 | #1,018 |
| 1994 | 174 | #1,046 |
| 1993 | 171 | #1,061 |
| 1992 | 145 | #1,200 |
| 1991 | 159 | #1,114 |
| 1990 | 150 | #1,142 |
| 1989 | 128 | #1,236 |
| 1988 | 108 | #1,326 |
| 1987 | 91 | #1,432 |
| 1986 | 104 | #1,293 |
| 1985 | 101 | #1,318 |
| 1984 | 107 | #1,216 |
| 1983 | 100 | #1,252 |
| 1982 | 114 | #1,193 |
| 1981 | 125 | #1,109 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,250 |
| 1979 | 115 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 125 | #1,063 |
| 1977 | 117 | #1,102 |
| 1976 | 101 | #1,149 |
| 1975 | 71 | #1,447 |
| 1974 | 74 | #1,386 |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,302 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,432 |
| 1971 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,584 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
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