Samaje
Samaje Perine is an American professional football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and Kansas City Chiefs.
Meaning & Origin of Samaje
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samaje Perine is an American professional football running back for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, and was selected by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft. He has also played for the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and Kansas City Chiefs.
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The Story of Samaje
American parents first put Samaje on the record books as a baby boy name in 1999, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 9 Samajes were born — ranking #8,287 that year. About 61% of every Samaje on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Samaje last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Samaje
Samaje is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 44 births in the dataset. Samaje's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #8,287. Use the chart and map above to compare Samaje'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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