NameTides

Samia

Samia was the #2,458 girls' name in the US in 2025 (72 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Samia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samia as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Samia as a girl’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#2,458 (72)#2,605 (10)——#1,577 (15)
2024#2,637 (66)#5,892 (3)——#1,541 (15)
2023#2,730 (63)#2,063 (13)——#1,491 (15)
2022#2,604 (67)#2,488 (10)——#1,989 (10)
2021#2,154 (87)#3,192 (7)——#1,681 (13)
2020#2,115 (86)#2,300 (11)——#2,343 (8)
2019#1,961 (99)#2,286 (11)——#1,283 (19)
2018#1,997 (98)#1,586 (19)——#2,151 (9)
2017#1,761 (119)#2,201 (12)——#1,382 (17)
2016#1,693 (126)#1,834 (16)——#986 (27)
2015#1,758 (119)#1,783 (16)#806 (3)—#1,427 (16)
2014#2,391 (76)#1,120 (31)——#1,786 (12)
2013#2,083 (92)#1,048 (34)——#1,364 (17)
2012#2,315 (81)#1,150 (29)——#1,055 (24)
2011#2,238 (84)#1,117 (30)#674 (4)#937 (3)#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #1,552.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 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 22,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samia 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: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,887FL
Samia (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
Quebec2025#7745

Samia (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
SamiaCanadaGirls#1,57715
SamiaEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
SamiaIrelandGirls—too few
SamiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamiaScotlandGirls—too few
SamiaUSGirls#2,45872