Given name
Samarth
“a powerful man; one who is efficient”
Samarth is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a powerful man; one who is efficient.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a powerful man; one who is efficient.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Samarth through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,470
- 1,470 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 97 babies
- 2025
- 59
- #2,355 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 59 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,355 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 97 in 2018. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,393 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Samarth’s family of names
Samarth has a related form in Samarthe. In Hindi usage, Samarth is a Roman-alphabet rendering of समर्थ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Samarth
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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