Samira Girl
How popular is Samira?
#723 girl name in 2025
387 baby girls were named Samira in the US in 2025, making it the 723rd most popular girl name.
Samira popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #723 for girls (▲ 51 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 387 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,124 in 2015, #924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (387 girls) |
| Highest rank | #723 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samira family of names ranked #573 for girls in 2025 (#596 the year before), with 493 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 Samira is most popular
Babies named Samira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (194 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.4 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Florida: 0.3 per 1,000 (144 girls)
Samira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61 | #3,739 |
| 1970s | 245 | #2,269 |
| 1980s | 589 | #1,663 |
| 1990s | 1,191 | #1,171 |
| 2000s | 2,353 | #788 |
| 2010s | 2,404 | #909 |
| 2020s | 2,032 | #723 |
Girl names about as popular as Samira
Questions
- Is Samira a boy or girl name?
- Samira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samira were girls.
- How popular is the name Samira?
- 387 baby girls were named Samira in the US in 2025, making it the 723rd most popular girl name.
- When was Samira most popular?
- Samira peaked in 2025, when 387 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #723 in 2025.
- How many people are named Samira?
- 8,875 babies have been named Samira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,781 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Samira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samira was most common in New York, at 0.5 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.