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Samarth

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,332 among boys
Births in 2025
59 1,470 since 1880
Typical age
9 years, median

Samarth popularity over time

Samarth rank by birth year, 1996–2025Samarth ranked #5,982 in 1996 and #2,332 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,619, in 2014.#2,332best #1,619 in 2014200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1996–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Samarth was used most in 2018, when 97 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1996. In 2025 it ranked #2,332 with 59 births.

Over ten years the count has fallen 30%. It slipped 304 places against the previous year.

Babies named Samarth per yearPeaks at 97 births in 2018.97 in 20180200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Samarth?

Roughly 1,500 Samarths are alive in the US right now.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Samarth?

Half of living Samarths are older than 9, half younger. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Samarth a current name.

Your Samarth

Ages of living people named SamarthHalf of living Samarths are older than 9 and half younger.median 9020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Samarth is most common

Relative to births, New Jersey carries 4.6× the national share of Samarths. Washington and California follow.

Where Samarth is used more than average3 states use the name Samarth more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.3× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 4.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.1× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Samarth is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 78 4.6×
Washington 33 2.3×
California 175 2.1×

Samarth in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Samarth ranked #1,226 in 2025 on 23 births. That is 92% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Samarth comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit समर्थ (“capable, competent”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Samarth

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Samarth Ramdas was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher, poet, mystic and spiritual master 1608–1681 18
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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