Samar
Masculine · “evening conversation”
Samar is given to both — 1,278 boys and 1,107 girls since 1880. See Samar as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Samar is evening conversation in Arabic — the talk that happens after dark, which the language has a word for and English does not.
How old is the name Samar?
Samar first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Samar is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Samar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Samar most popular?
Samar peaked in 2022, reaching #1782 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 522 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From samar to Samar
The story of Samar
Arabic has a word for the specific pleasure of talking after nightfall and another for the companion in it — a distinction English never made. A separate Sanskrit samar names a battle and gives an Indian name of the same spelling. Both routes reach American records, where Samar is in current use.
Meaning
evening conversation
From the Arabic samar, 'night talk' or 'evening conversation'. A samir is the person one has it with. A separate Sanskrit samar means 'battle'. Both are genuine and unrelated. The Arabic is ordinary and documented.
How the name formed
- samar
- Samar
Related forms: سمر · समर · Samar
Pronouncing Samar
sah-MAR
Two syllables, stress on the second. Hindi says SUH-mar with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Samar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 202292 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1782reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −3.2%60 in 2025, from 62
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Samar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- سمر in Arabic — transliteration
- समर in Hindi — transliteration
- Samar in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New Jersey, Texas.
Samars among us
people named Samar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Samar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Juventino test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Samar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Juventino climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Juventino's path sketches the road Samar is walking now.
Samar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Samar is headed
Samar should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Samar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Samar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Arabic has a word for after-dark conversation is a first-rate piece of vocabulary.
- Sam is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The Arabic and Sanskrit words are unrelated and mean opposite kinds of thing.
- In Arabic it is used for both sexes.
- Samar and Samir are close enough to confuse.
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Masculine · #2304 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Samars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Samar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Samar in 2025?
- Samar ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Samar?
- About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Samar — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Samar with classmates?
- Samar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Samar
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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