# Samara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samara/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 22,769 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 22,764 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,161, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára).

## 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 | 525 | 557 |
| 2012 | 516 | 569 |
| 2013 | 493 | 583 |
| 2014 | 452 | 635 |
| 2015 | 452 | 633 |
| 2016 | 670 | 475 |
| 2017 | 1,009 | 324 |
| 2018 | 1,270 | 256 |
| 2019 | 978 | 328 |
| 2020 | 886 | 351 |
| 2021 | 834 | 374 |
| 2022 | 1,068 | 299 |
| 2023 | 1,196 | 259 |
| 2024 | 998 | 309 |
| 2025 | 957 | 320 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 13,815 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 47 | 812 |
| 2013 | 47 | 813 |
| 2014 | 47 | 814 |
| 2015 | 48 | 794 |
| 2016 | 50 | 782 |
| 2017 | 41 | 915 |
| 2018 | 45 | 826 |
| 2019 | 48 | 778 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 43 | 832 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Samara

- Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model (born 1992)
- Samara Joy, American jazz singer
- Samara Felippo, Brazilian actress
- Samara Vieira, Brazilian handball player

## 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.