Sama Girl
How popular is Sama?
#1,219 girl name in 2025
186 baby girls were named Sama in the US in 2025, making it the 1219th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
Sama popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,219 for girls (▲ 155 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 186 girls, 6 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+195% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,773 in 2015, #2,170 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (186 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,219 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1983 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sama counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sama family of names ranked #1,008 for girls in 2025 (#1,117 the year before), with 200 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sama | 186 | 93% |
| Samah | 8 | 4% |
| Samai | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sama is most popular
Babies named Sama per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (101 girls)
Sama by decade
Girl names about as popular as Sama
Questions
- Is Sama a boy or girl name?
- Sama is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Sama were girls.
- How popular is the name Sama?
- 186 baby girls were named Sama in the US in 2025, making it the 1219th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
- When was Sama most popular?
- Sama peaked in 2025, when 186 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,219 in 2025.
- How many people are named Sama?
- 1,819 babies have been named Sama in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,810 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Sama most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sama was most common in Michigan, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.