Samara

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Samara is a female given name of various origins. It might refer to Samara, Iraq; Samara, Russia; or to winged fruit seeds. The name increased in use after it was used for an evil character in the 2002 horror film The Ring.

From Wikipedia

Samara first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 89 babies (rank #346 that year). In 2024 it was given to 46 girls (rank #630). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Samara

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Samara yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,675
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
89
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199136#648
199245#556
199337#642
199424#790
199534#670
199628#773
199729#742
199841#589
199935#658
200026#808
200130#739
200240#613
200356#458
200467#420
200564#442
200689#346
200779#400
200863#504
200958#536
201071#439
201167#472
201263#485
201359#516
201454#572
201546#637
201656#554
201755#568
201832#867
201949#621
202048#596
202150#591
202245#630
202353#546
202446#630