Samia Girl
How popular is Samia?
#2,458 girl name in 2025
72 baby girls were named Samia in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
Samia popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,458 for girls (▲ 179 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 72 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-39% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,758 in 2015, #2,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (140 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,539 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samia family of names ranked #1,331 for girls in 2025 (#1,307 the year before), with 129 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Samia is most popular
Babies named Samia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Samia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46 | #2,920 |
| 1960s | 59 | #3,958 |
| 1970s | 177 | #2,612 |
| 1980s | 286 | #2,699 |
| 1990s | 476 | #1,937 |
| 2000s | 1,094 | #1,539 |
| 2010s | 1,001 | #1,693 |
| 2020s | 441 | #2,115 |
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Questions
- Is Samia a boy or girl name?
- Samia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samia were girls.
- How popular is the name Samia?
- 72 baby girls were named Samia in the US in 2025, making it the 2458th most popular girl name.
- When was Samia most popular?
- Samia peaked in 2006, when 140 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,539 in 2005.
- How many people are named Samia?
- 3,580 babies have been named Samia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,523 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Samia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samia was most common in Minnesota, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
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.