Quick answers about Samatha
How many people are named Samatha?
An estimated 3,994 living Americans are named Samatha.
How rare is Samatha?
Samatha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Samatha?
The median age of a living American named Samatha is approximately 38 years, with most bearers falling between 33 and 45 years old.
Is Samatha still popular?
Not especially. Samatha has been declining since its 1989 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Samatha most common?
Samatha has its strongest geographic signal in Kentucky, where it appears 2.4× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Samatha is most concentrated in Kentucky — about 2.4× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in North Carolina.
States where Samatha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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