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“Variant of Samara — possibly 'winged fruit seed', or named after the Russian city Samara” — Uncertain (Russian place name or botanical term) origin
Girl's name · #2991 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Samarah reached its best rank, #1742, in 2006 and ranked #2991 in 2025. About 2,100 girls have carried it since 1972. Samarah is the less common spelling of Samara — about 6% of babies given the name are written this way; Samara itself ranked #320 in 2025.
Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Samari · Arina · Samirah · Alaska · Vanya · Ivanka
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