Samaira

Samaira was the #2,051 girls' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,001 in Canada.

Samaira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samaira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Samaira as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,051 (92)#1,719 (17)—#1,001 (27)
2024#2,218 (85)#2,001 (14)—#809 (36)
2023#2,442 (73)#1,705 (17)—#1,014 (25)
2022#1,974 (99)#1,556 (19)—#902 (29)
2021#1,801 (112)#1,259 (26)—#997 (27)
2020#1,698 (120)#1,313 (24)#834 (3)#745 (38)
2019#1,745 (118)#1,703 (17)—#1,104 (23)
2018#1,869 (108)#1,343 (24)—#1,089 (23)
2017#2,257 (83)#1,817 (16)—#1,382 (17)
2016#2,343 (80)#2,367 (11)—#2,195 (9)
2015#2,351 (78)#2,328 (11)—#1,584 (14)
2014#2,371 (77)#2,203 (12)—#1,530 (15)
2013#2,508 (71)#1,774 (16)—#2,376 (8)
2012#2,708 (65)#1,428 (22)—#1,617 (14)
2011#2,796 (62)#1,545 (19)—#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,698.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samaira is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samaira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,714TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Samaira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50625

Samaira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SamairaCanadaGirls#1,00127
SamairaEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
SamairaIrelandGirls—too few
SamairaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamairaUSGirls#2,05192