Samya Girl
How popular is Samya?
#4,986 girl name in 2025
26 baby girls were named Samya in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
Samya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,986 for girls (▼ 216 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 26 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,964 in 2015, #3,777 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (232 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,115 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1981 |
| 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 |
Samya 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 Samya is most popular
Babies named Samya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Samya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Samya
Questions
- Is Samya a boy or girl name?
- Samya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samya were girls.
- How popular is the name Samya?
- 26 baby girls were named Samya in the US in 2025, making it the 4986th most popular girl name.
- When was Samya most popular?
- Samya peaked in 2007, when 232 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,115 in 2007.
- How many people are named Samya?
- 2,854 babies have been named Samya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,831 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Samya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samya was most common in Ohio, 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.