Samnang
Samnang is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
- Khmer
Meaning & Origin of Samnang
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samnang is a name with a single cultural origin: Khmer.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Khmer
The Story of Samnang
As a girl name
Samnang first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1983, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1986: 10 births, good for #6,612 nationwide. Samnang last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Samnang on the record books as a boy name in 1980, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 22 Samnangs were born — ranking #2,429 that year. About 83% of every Samnang on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Samnang last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 139 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Samnang
Samnang is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 139 births in the dataset. Samnang's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #2,429. Use the chart and map above to compare Samnang'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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