NameTides

Samir

Samir was the #643 boys' name in the US in 2025 (434 babies), and #873 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Samir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samir 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Samir 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#643 (434)#873 (36)——#1,251 (19)
2024#589 (486)#898 (35)#619 (4)—#997 (25)
2023#586 (488)#965 (31)——#1,283 (16)
2022#592 (483)#878 (35)——#1,061 (21)
2021#676 (394)#907 (33)—#552 (5)#974 (24)
2020#648 (413)#898 (32)—#637 (4)#999 (22)
2019#694 (362)#825 (37)——#917 (25)
2018#732 (326)#763 (43)—#749 (3)#964 (23)
2017#719 (335)#1,042 (28)——#1,113 (19)
2016#785 (302)#790 (41)——#892 (26)
2015#736 (331)#671 (51)—#459 (7)#1,319 (14)
2014#758 (310)#574 (62)—#609 (4)#1,003 (21)
2013#774 (290)#788 (39)#687 (3)#711 (3)#1,210 (16)
2012#761 (301)#592 (59)——#928 (23)
2011#717 (319)#537 (65)——#712 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #586.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 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 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samir is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 4,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: 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: #640MNIllinois: #532ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #392NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #473VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #386GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: #543FL
Samir (boys) 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#54222

Samir (boys): 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
SamirCanadaBoys#1,25119
SamirEngland & WalesBoys#87336
SamirIrelandBoys—too few
SamirNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SamirScotlandBoys—too few
SamirUSGirls—too few
SamirUSBoys#643434