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Samantha
Pronounced /səˈmænθə/
Rank in 2024
#127
Born in 2024
2,221
Peak year
1990 · #5
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,221 girls were named Samantha, about 1 in every 726.
- It peaked in 1990 with 25,868 babies, ranked #5.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 590,854 girls have been named Samantha since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Samantha per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 1.7Gen X1965–80
- 9.9Millennials1981–96
- 7.5Gen Z1997–12
- 2.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 447 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 348 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,346 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 44,142 babies, 1.73 per 1,000. Millennials: 280,826 babies, 9.94 per 1,000. Gen Z: 216,462 babies, 7.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 46,923 babies, 2.31 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
It was recorded in the 17th century in England. Most probably a feminine form of Samuel, possibly influenced by Anthea. Other suggestions include Aramaic ܫܡܥܢܬܐ (šemʿanta, “listener”, noun), from ܫܡܥ. In India, Samantha can be interpreted as a variant spelling of Samanta, from Sanskrit समन्त (samanta, “universal, adjacent”).
- A female given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /səˈmænθə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Samantha, CC BY-SA 4.0.