Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Samantha
/suh · MAN · thuh/
Meaning
“God has heard”
Feminine form of Samuel, from Hebrew 'Shemu'el' meaning God has heard, popularized in 1960s-70s.
Nicknames
sam · sammy · mandy
Vibe
warmelegant
How it ages.
Samantha has declined from 1990s peak but maintains solid top-30 presence in English-speaking nations.
The cultural moment.
North America saw Samantha peak in 1980s-90s in top-10-20, then gradual decline from 2010 onward, now established classic rather than trending.