NameTides

Sameer

Sameer was the #2,108 boys' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Sameer as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sameer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Sameer as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,108 (69)#1,538 (17)——#1,642 (13)
2024#2,098 (71)#1,952 (12)——#2,238 (8)
2023#2,387 (57)#1,701 (14)——#2,123 (8)
2022#2,379 (59)#2,321 (9)——#2,229 (7)
2021#2,060 (71)#1,984 (11)——#2,491 (6)
2020#2,167 (64)#1,431 (17)——#1,595 (11)
2019#2,656 (48)#1,439 (17)—#764 (3)#1,835 (9)
2018#2,029 (71)#1,786 (13)——#2,740 (5)
2017#2,186 (61)#1,703 (14)——#2,010 (8)
2016#2,110 (66)#1,123 (25)——#1,683 (10)
2015#1,870 (78)#1,046 (27)#686 (3)—#1,384 (13)
2014#1,730 (87)#1,178 (22)——#1,311 (14)
2013#2,021 (67)#837 (36)——#944 (23)
2012#1,891 (76)#704 (47)——#1,202 (16)
2011#1,635 (93)#767 (40)——#1,003 (21)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #1,170.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1968.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sameer is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sameer by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: 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: #1,055NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: 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: #1,089VAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Sameer (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SameerCanadaBoys#1,64213
SameerEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
SameerIrelandBoys—too few
SameerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SameerScotlandBoys—too few
SameerUSBoys#2,10869