Sammantha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MAN-tha
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sammantha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sammantha mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Samantha; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Samantha. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sammantha a girl's or a boy's name?
Sammantha is a girls' name.
How popular is Sammantha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Sammantha in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sammantha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,739 |
| 1996 | 93 | #1,639 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,517 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,407 |
| 1991 | 121 | #1,348 |
| 1990 | 100 | #1,529 |
| 1989 | 93 | #1,529 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,736 |
| 1987 | 52 | #2,097 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Nicknames for Sammantha
Names like Sammantha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira, Sasha, Aisha, Samara, Amira, Summer, Anika, Salma, Sarahi, Sahara, Shira, Khadija
Names related to Sammantha
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sammantha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sammantha, updated 20 October 2026.