Samantha

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A few things about Samantha you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Samantha

Samantha Stosur

Australian tennis player (born 1984)

Choose Samantha and your child shares a first name with Samantha Stosur, an Australian tennis player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Samantha, like who?” Samantha Stosur's Wikipedia article is available in 58 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Rob Keating from Canberra, Australia, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 815 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Samantha, 1,973 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Samantha would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistorySamantha has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Samanthas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1998, when it ranked #3. Today it's #151, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowSamantha was 7.7× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 105 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 815.
• 🍂TrendSamantha has slipped 61 places over the last five years and now sits at #151. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedSamantha is most popular in Maryland, where it ranks #78, followed by California (#80) and New Jersey (#93). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Samantha means “possibly listener”.

About the name Samantha

Samantha is a girl name of Hebrew origin meaning “possibly listener”. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-tha”. US birth records list Samantha for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1998, when it ranked #3 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #151, with 1,973 babies.

Origin:Hebrew names