Samer Boy
How popular is Samer?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Samer in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
1,410living people named Samer (est.)
31median age of people named Samer
1,463babies named Samer since 1880
1 in 236,810US babies born in 2025
Samer popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▲ 1620 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,056 in 2015 |
| Peak year | 1994 (53 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,666 in 1988 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samer counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samir family of names ranked #531 for boys in 2025 (#493 the year before), with 550 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samir | 434 | 79% |
| Samar | 60 | 11% |
| Sahmir | 22 | 4% |
| Samer | 14 | 3% |
| Samere | 9 | 2% |
| Samyr | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Samer by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #3,061 |
| 1970s | 173 | #1,670 |
| 1980s | 328 | #1,666 |
| 1990s | 436 | #1,684 |
| 2000s | 302 | #2,552 |
| 2010s | 138 | #4,676 |
| 2020s | 65 | #5,661 |
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Questions
- Is Samer a boy or girl name?
- Samer is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samer were boys.
- How popular is the name Samer?
- 14 baby boys were named Samer in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
- When was Samer most popular?
- Samer peaked in 1994, when 53 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,666 in 1988.
- How many people are named Samer?
- 1,463 babies have been named Samer in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,410 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.