Samiah Girl

How popular is Samiah?

#6,324 girl name in 2025

18 baby girls were named Samiah in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.

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1,552living people named Samiah (est.)
16median age of people named Samiah
1,564babies named Samiah since 1880
1 in 184,186US babies born in 2025

Samiah popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#6,324 for girls (▼ 1306 from 2024)
Babies in 202518 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-72% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,736 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020
Peak year2011 (99 girls)
Highest rank#1,982 in 2011
First recorded1981
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Samiah 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.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Samia 72 56%
Samya 26 20%
Samiah 18 14%
Samyah 13 10%

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 Samiah is most popular

Babies named Samiah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
  2. Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)

Samiah by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s11#9,108
1990s106#4,951
2000s642#2,071
2010s655#1,982
2020s150#4,004

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Questions

Is Samiah a boy or girl name?
Samiah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samiah were girls.
How popular is the name Samiah?
18 baby girls were named Samiah in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
When was Samiah most popular?
Samiah peaked in 2011, when 99 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,982 in 2011.
How many people are named Samiah?
1,564 babies have been named Samiah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,552 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
Where is Samiah most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Samiah was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.