Samarth
Masculine · “capable”
Samarth is capable in Sanskrit — one with the power to do a thing — from sama and artha, matching the purpose.
How old is the name Samarth?
Samarth first appears in US birth records in 1996 — 29 years ago. The typical Samarth is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,500 people named Samarth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Samarth most popular?
Samarth peaked in 2014, reaching #1619 nationally. Today it ranks #2332, 713 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sam artha to Samarth
The story of Samarth
Artha names both a purpose and material prosperity, and is one of the four purusharthas — the aims of a human life — alongside dharma, kama and moksha. Samartha means being equal to a purpose. Samarth Ramdas was a seventeenth-century Marathi saint. The name is in current American use.
Meaning
capable, competent, powerful
From the Sanskrit samartha — sam, 'together' or 'equal', and artha, 'purpose' or 'meaning' — so 'equal to the purpose'. Artha is also one of the four aims of life in Hindu thought. The Sanskrit is documented and the compound transparent.
How the name formed
- sam artha
- samartha
- Samarth
Related forms: समर्थ · Samarth · Samarth
Pronouncing Samarth
suh-MARTH
Two syllables, stress on the second. The final th is aspirated t in Sanskrit, not the English th.
Nicknames for Samarth
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
- 1996
- Most boys named
- 201897 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1619reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −21.3%59 in 2025, from 75
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.
Samarth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- समर्थ in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Samarth in Marathi — same name
- Samarth in Hindi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New Jersey, Texas.
Samarths among us
people named Samarth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,950 born in 2025 was named Samarth
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 Jahmal test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Samarth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jahmal climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jahmal's path sketches the road Samarth is walking now.
Samarth 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 Samarth is headed
Samarth 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.
Samarth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Samarth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That artha is one of the four aims of life is a first-rate frame.
- Sam is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- The capable meaning is transparent and strong.
- The final aspirated t is mispronounced by English speakers.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
- The rth cluster is awkward in English.
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Masculine · #2332 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Samarths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Samarth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Samarth in 2025?
- Samarth ranks #2332 among US boy names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Samarth?
- About 1 in every 28,950 US boys born in 2025 was named Samarth — 59 in all.
- Will my child share the name Samarth with classmates?
- Samarth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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