# Samarth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samarth/  
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 |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “capable”, “competent” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,470 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,470 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 265, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर्थ (samartha, “capable, competent”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 62 | 2,141 |
| 2012 | 62 | 2,168 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,038 |
| 2014 | 96 | 1,625 |
| 2015 | 84 | 1,801 |
| 2016 | 80 | 1,872 |
| 2017 | 81 | 1,841 |
| 2018 | 97 | 1,662 |
| 2019 | 77 | 1,930 |
| 2020 | 62 | 2,230 |
| 2021 | 81 | 1,901 |
| 2022 | 78 | 1,979 |
| 2023 | 78 | 1,983 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2,040 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,355 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## 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.