# Samar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɑmɑɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,385 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,278 / 1,107 (46% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 579, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,131 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,075 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,211 |
| 2014 | 28 | 5,008 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,833 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,613 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,905 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,868 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,635 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,634 |
| 2021 | 32 | 4,394 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,439 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,975 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5,006 |
| 2025 | 29 | 4,736 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,417 |
| 2012 | 36 | 3,160 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,617 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,249 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,204 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,106 |
| 2017 | 72 | 1,998 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,955 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,014 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,110 |
| 2021 | 85 | 1,836 |
| 2022 | 92 | 1,790 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,432 |
| 2024 | 62 | 2,309 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,329 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Samar

- Samar Hamza, Egyptian freestyle wrestler
- Ayten Amer, Egyptian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.