Samiya Girl
How popular is Samiya?
#2,194 girl name in 2025
84 baby girls were named Samiya in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
Samiya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,194 for girls (▼ 154 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,317 in 2015, #1,860 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (264 girls) |
| Highest rank | #970 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| 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 |
Samiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samiyah family of names ranked #961 for girls in 2025 (#910 the year before), with 220 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samiyah | 126 | 57% |
| Samiya | 84 | 38% |
| Samyiah | 10 | 5% |
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 Samiya is most popular
Babies named Samiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Samiya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1980s | 43 | #6,783 |
| 1990s | 173 | #3,096 |
| 2000s | 1,502 | #1,056 |
| 2010s | 1,818 | #970 |
| 2020s | 554 | #1,860 |
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Questions
- Is Samiya a boy or girl name?
- Samiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Samiya?
- 84 baby girls were named Samiya in the US in 2025, making it the 2194th most popular girl name.
- When was Samiya most popular?
- Samiya peaked in 2011, when 264 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #970 in 2011.
- How many people are named Samiya?
- 4,096 babies have been named Samiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,066 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Samiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samiya was most common in Minnesota, at 0.3 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.