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How popular is the name Samar?

Births per year, rank history and how many Samars are alive today.

Samar (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1466th in 2025 and given to 18 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 28 babies were given the name, the 1012th most popular that year.

The Samar you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Samars born in England and Wales are between 5 and 15, and there are at least 330 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Samar - on average, only one in every 919 such rooms contains a Samar.

How many babies are named Samar each year?

01020200020201996: 51997: 32006: 62007: 52008: 52009: 32010: 62011: 112012: 112013: 222014: 282015: 152016: 182017: 192018: 172019: 152020: 132021: 192022: 222023: 152024: 122025: 18actual

Where does Samar rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201997: ranked 2,8592006: ranked 2,5382007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 3,1582009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 2,9412011: ranked 1,9092012: ranked 1,9622013: ranked 1,1472014: ranked 1,0122015: ranked 1,5862016: ranked 1,4312017: ranked 1,3392018: ranked 1,4552019: ranked 1,5872020: ranked 1,7232021: ranked 1,3292022: ranked 1,2242023: ranked 1,6102024: ranked 1,9522025: ranked 1,466

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Samar per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 28 in 2014
Samar: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Samar most popular?

Samar peaked in 2014, when 28 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Samar?

At least 330 people named Samar born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Samar?

Most living Samars are between 5 and 15; the most common age is about 12.

Is Samar becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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