Samatha
Girl · SAM-a-tha
Samatha is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Samatha mean?
Variant of Samantha, an 18th-century American coinage
The root name Samantha appeared in 18th-century America, possibly as a feminine of Samuel.
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Is Samatha a girl's or a boy's name?
Samatha is a girls' name.
How popular is Samatha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 248 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Samatha in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samatha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 74 | #2,070 |
| 1998 | 83 | #1,842 |
| 1997 | 82 | #1,813 |
| 1996 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 1995 | 104 | #1,504 |
| 1994 | 120 | #1,373 |
| 1993 | 142 | #1,220 |
| 1992 | 171 | #1,063 |
| 1991 | 177 | #1,033 |
| 1990 | 221 | #876 |
| 1989 | 248 | #778 |
| 1988 | 222 | #819 |
| 1987 | 199 | #858 |
| 1986 | 207 | #809 |
| 1985 | 154 | #987 |
| 1984 | 142 | #1,007 |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 126 | #1,117 |
| 1981 | 95 | #1,319 |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,448 |
| 1979 | 100 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 99 | #1,248 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 88 | #1,263 |
| 1975 | 82 | #1,326 |
| 1974 | 57 | #1,630 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 56 | #1,640 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,804 |
| 1969 | 56 | #1,591 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,625 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
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