Safaree
Safaree Lloyd Samuels is an American hype man and reality television actor. In the early 2000s, he was a hype man for the New York hip hop group Hoodstars, which included rapper Nicki Minaj. He later gained public attention for dating and being a hype man for Minaj until 2014. In 2016, he joined the cast of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, and then Love & Hip Hop: New York in 2017.
Meaning & Origin of Safaree
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Safaree Lloyd Samuels is an American hype man and reality television actor. In the early 2000s, he was a hype man for the New York hip hop group Hoodstars, which included rapper Nicki Minaj. He later gained public attention for dating and being a hype man for Minaj until 2014. In 2016, he joined the cast of the VH1 reality show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, and then Love & Hip Hop: New York in 2017.
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The Story of Safaree
Safaree first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2016, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 11 Safarees were born — ranking #7,134 that year. As of 2026, Safaree ranks #10,812 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 52 Safarees have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Safaree
Safaree is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2016 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Safaree's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #7,134. Use the chart and map above to compare Safaree's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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