Holding steady, #10,917 for girls today.
Popularity of Samariah since 1998
Babies named Samariah per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 15 |
| 2000s | 145 |
| 2010s | 146 |
| 2020s | 41 |
Meaning & origin
Samariah is a modern American name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998. It reached its peak popularity in 2012, ranking 10,917 in 2025 with approximately 1 in 200,908 newborn girls receiving the name. Its trajectory has been stable, and it has not been recorded in any single top state. The name exemplifies the contemporary practice of creating distinctive feminine names by appending fashionable suffixes to familiar roots, a trend that has produced many similar coinages in the 2010s.
Samariah is a modern American coinage that appears to blend the shortened form Sam (from Samantha, Samuel, etc.) with the fashionable suffix -ariah or -ria, popularized by names like Mariah. It first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 and has seen modest use since. Its formation follows a trend of creating melodic feminine names without a long historical etymological background.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Sami, Riah, Aria
Sibling names for Samariah
Names that share Samariah's style, for a brother or sister.
