Samaria
Girl · sa-MAIR-ee-a · Hebrew
Samaria is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Samaria mean?
Hebrew: from the biblical city and region
King Omri named his capital Samaria after Shemer, from whom he bought the hill (1 Kings 16:24).
- Say it
- sa-MAIR-ee-a
Is Samaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Samaria is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samaria in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
Samaria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Samaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,880among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Samaria, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,748th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Samaria in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were given Samaria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,566, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
- Samaria 104
- Samariah 8
Samaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 118 | #1,719 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,946 |
| 2022 | 84 | #2,228 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 60 | #2,748 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 60 | #2,809 |
| 2017 | 97 | #2,018 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 94 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,559 |
| 2011 | 153 | #1,463 |
| 2010 | 161 | #1,420 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,450 |
| 2008 | 195 | #1,274 |
| 2007 | 241 | #1,084 |
| 2006 | 209 | #1,162 |
| 2005 | 206 | #1,134 |
| 2004 | 203 | #1,120 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,211 |
| 2002 | 116 | #1,593 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | 125 | #1,470 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 126 | #1,364 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,705 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 59 | #2,212 |
| 1992 | 63 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,779 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
Names like Samaria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Sophia Aria Syeda Ariana Eliana Summer Talia Maya Amara Amira Raya
Other spellings of Samaria
Names related to Samaria
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