Samantha

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Samantha is an English feminine given name in use since the 17th century that is of uncertain derivation. It is now in popular use worldwide due to various popular culture influences.

From Wikipedia

Samantha first appears in the data in 1963 and has been recorded in 52 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1988 with 630 babies (rank #9 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Samantha

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

8,628
Total babies (all years)
52
Years in the data
630
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
19633#1,076
19643#1,086
19653#1,106
19665#933
19675#964
19685#991
196915#626
197056#304
197165#262
197237#368
197352#272
197479#197
197564#227
197652#259
197746#282
197877#207
197967#224
1980108#160
198195#172
1982120#140
1983183#99
1984262#64
1985305#52
1986500#18
1987585#14
1988630#9
1989576#14
1990601#15
1991489#26
1992412#34
1993376#35
1994407#33
1995365#35
1996272#57
1997201#80
1998194#84
1999154#109
2000178#97
2001152#110
2002135#119
2003107#150
200487#178
200596#153
200659#227
200771#188
200858#221
200955#226
201043#270
201146#248
201228#341
201329#320
201415#481