Samanta

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Samanta: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Samanta: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 14 years, its highest recorded position is #252, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#252highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Samanta's record

Absent from every published list for 14 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3174
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2003	#2436
2005	#2970
2006	#1585
2007	#1234
2008	#1641
2009	#1365
2010	#1040
2011	#1117
2012	#1075
2013	#925
2014	#1120
2015	#1088
2016	#1416
2017	#2201
2018	#2499
2019	#2869
2020	#2300
2021	#2201
2022	#3533
2023	#4056
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 20 of the 52 years from 1969 to 2020.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2300 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1969–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2020
Highest recorded position: #252 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1970 (recorded 1969–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Samanta appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 387 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1969.

Samanta across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Samanta's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#252 (1970)	#834 (2020)	20 of 52	145 (1969–2020)	17 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#3174 (1997)	#925 (2013)	#4843 (2024)	24 of 28	387 (1997–2024)	40 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (2007)	#268 (2012)	#424 (2019)	7 of 13	30 (2007–2019)	7 (2012)

Samanta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Samanta in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	95	8 of 10	12
2010sbusiest	250	10 of 10	25
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Samanta appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1970.

Samanta's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1088	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#925	40	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1117	30	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1040	32	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#351	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	17	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	14	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#431	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1969 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #252, first reached in 1970.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 14 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 38 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Samah · #909, 29y
Samaira · #834, 28y
Samantha · #3, 60y
Samar · #660, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chantel · #252, 25y
Jayde · #252, 28y
Jaydon · #253, 29y
Codi · #254, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breeda · #252, 19y
Ma · #252, 36y
Rhoda · #252, 38y
Sylwester · #252, 36y

Samanta was ranked #252 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1970. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Samanta and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Samanta without appearing here.

Samanta moved ahead of

Dianne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1585 and #5061.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2970 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1585 and #4157.
Rian Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2783 and #2466 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1040 and #3533.

Moved ahead of Samanta

Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Amalie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2436 and #965.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3695.

Moved the opposite way to Samanta

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 while Abigail went from #303 to #64.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 while Alexandra went from #303 to #107.
Alice Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 while Alice went from #103 to #33.
Amy Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 while Amy went from #322 to #80.

Moved the same way as Samanta

Audrey Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 and Audrey from #53 to #495.
Camilla Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 and Camilla from #288 to #544.
Eileen Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 and Eileen from #26 to #255.
Margaret Compare
Between 1969 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Samanta went from #443 to #834 and Margaret from #3 to #220.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1969 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #252 in Republic of Ireland in 1970. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samanta

Samanta at a glance

What stands out in Samanta's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samanta across 3 official records

Samanta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samanta appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Samanta at a glance

What stands out in Samanta's record

Samanta across 3 official records

Samanta by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samanta appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Samanta

Samanta and the names beside it

Samanta moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Samanta

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