Feminine dossier · first seen 1880
Samantha
Endangered
Down 92.4% from peak
Peak era
1990
Peak births
25,868
Current vitality
Healthy
Peak generation
Millennial
Quick answers about Samantha
How many people are named Samantha?
An estimated 573,591 living Americans are named Samantha.
How rare is Samantha?
Samantha is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 1,973 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 92.4% from its 1990 peak.
How old is the typical Samantha?
The median age of a living American named Samantha is approximately 31 years, with most bearers falling between 23 and 37 years old.
Is Samantha still popular?
No. Samantha is endangered as a baby name, down 92.4% from its 1990 peak with 1,973 births in 2025.
Where is Samantha most common?
Samantha has its strongest geographic signal in Alaska, where it appears 2.2× more often than the national baseline.
1880Peak 19902025
Peak year
1990
Decline from peak
92.4%
2025
1,973
All-time
592,847
Where it lives now
Samantha is most concentrated in New Hampshire — about 2.2× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in Vermont.
States where Samantha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.