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Girl name

Sammantha

100% girls · last recorded 2019

Sammantha has been given to about 1,985 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1991, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Living in the US≈ 1,952
Median age today31 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sammantha per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1991 · 121
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,985

How popular is Sammantha?

Its best year was 1991, when 121 babies were given the name, ranking 1357th. The typical living American called Sammantha is about 31 years old today.

Names that sound like Sammantha

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Samantha0.98
  2. Samatha0.89
  3. Tabatha0.70
  4. Agatha0.70
  5. Martha0.66
  6. Savanna0.65
  7. Samara0.65
  8. Savana0.65

Middle names for Sammantha

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sammantha Rose0.85
  2. Sammantha Louise0.85
  3. Sammantha June0.84
  4. Sammantha Pearl0.84
  5. Sammantha Quinn0.84
  6. Sammantha Nell0.84

Sibling names for Sammantha

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dariusbrother · 0.80
  2. Ravensister · 0.78
  3. Biancasister · 0.78
  4. Karinasister · 0.77
  5. Alvarobrother · 0.75
  6. Zachariahbrother · 0.74

Where Sammantha is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sammantha White0.80
    2. Sammantha Reyes0.80
    3. Sammantha Nguyen0.80
    4. Sammantha Moore0.80
    5. Sammantha Lee0.80
    6. Sammantha Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sammantha

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. Scotland1974–2020
    3. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.