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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 54 babies (rank #602 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

836
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
54
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
199637#657
199728#816
199828#814
199924#924
200022#991
200125#912
200227#879
200332#843
200452#597
200554#602
200654#618
200749#704
200843#802
200946#781
201036#962
201140#912
201247#821
201347#824
201447#827
201548#806
201650#788