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Samar

“Night talk, evening conversation” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #2329 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Samar is near its high-water mark: it reached #1790 in 2022 and still ranked #2329 in 2025. About 1,300 boys have carried it since 1973.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 15,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Samars

• Samar Banerjee — Indian footballer
• Samar Ishaq — Pakistani footballer
• Samar Mubarakmand — Pakistani physicist
• Samar Mukherjee — Indian politician of the Communist Party of India
• Samar Das — Bangladeshi musician (1929–2001)

What Samars become

Among 81 notable people named Samar:

No single standout — notable Samars spread across many fields.

Similar names: Zamari · Mecca · Zamir · Muhammadali · Shayan · Shaan

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