Samirah Girl
How popular is Samirah?
#2,542 girl name in 2025
69 baby girls were named Samirah in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
Samirah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,542 for girls (▲ 388 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 69 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,059 in 2015, #2,966 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (84 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,211 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1977 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samirah 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 Samirah is most popular
Babies named Samirah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
- Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Samirah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19 | #7,311 |
| 1980s | 114 | #4,835 |
| 1990s | 195 | #4,020 |
| 2000s | 597 | #2,328 |
| 2010s | 663 | #2,211 |
| 2020s | 370 | #2,364 |
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Questions
- Is Samirah a boy or girl name?
- Samirah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samirah were girls.
- How popular is the name Samirah?
- 69 baby girls were named Samirah in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
- When was Samirah most popular?
- Samirah peaked in 2013, when 84 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,211 in 2013.
- How many people are named Samirah?
- 1,958 babies have been named Samirah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,941 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Samirah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samirah was most common in Florida, 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.