NameTides

Samaya

Samaya was the #1,747 girls' name in the US in 2025 (116 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Samaya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Samaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Samaya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,747 (116)#3,333 (7)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,980 (99)#5,892 (3)#2,445 (8)
2023#2,195 (86)#5,688 (3)#2,604 (7)
2022#2,319 (80)#2,889 (8)#2,315 (8)
2021#2,007 (96)#5,581 (3)#1,876 (11)
2020#2,115 (86)—#2,343 (8)
2019#2,249 (81)—#2,025 (10)
2018#2,145 (88)#3,985 (5)#2,892 (6)
2017#1,744 (121)#5,765 (3)#1,901 (11)
2016#1,719 (123)#2,966 (8)#1,785 (12)
2015#1,778 (117)#3,252 (7)#2,179 (9)
2014#1,818 (112)#3,160 (7)#2,617 (7)
2013#1,529 (143)#4,739 (4)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,214 (200)#4,171 (5)#3,334 (5)
2011#1,160 (211)#4,764 (4)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #1,160.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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 14,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Samaya is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samaya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #863MINew 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: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: #1,615TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Samaya (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#1,5856

Samaya (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
SamayaCanadaGirls#2,4758
SamayaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
SamayaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamayaUSGirls#1,747116