Symantha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-MAN-thuh
Symantha is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Symantha come from?
Variant of Samantha, whose origin is uncertain
Is Symantha a girl's or a boy's name?
Symantha is a girls' name.
How popular is Symantha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Symantha in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Symantha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 37 | #3,522 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,914 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
Names like Symantha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika, Sasha, Radhika, Aviva, Samantha, Aisha, Priya, Anya, Saanvika, Isha, Anisha, Krisha
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, “Symantha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/symantha, updated 20 October 2026.