Samarah

Meaning: Possibly winged fruit seed
Origin: Variant of Samara · Alternatively named after the Russian city Samara (from Uncertain (Russian place name or botanical term))

Girl's name · #2991 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Samarah reached its best rank, #1742, in 2006 and ranked #2991 in 2025. About 2,100 girls have carried it since 1972.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#2,665 in Canada (2024).

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.

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