NameTides

Samira

Samira was the #723 girls' name in the US in 2025 (387 babies), and #997 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Samira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Samira 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Samira 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#723 (387)#997 (34)——#1,265 (20)
2024#774 (364)#1,230 (27)—#898 (3)#1,153 (22)
2023#802 (350)#1,087 (31)—#555 (6)#907 (29)
2022#779 (365)#982 (35)—#905 (3)#1,209 (20)
2021#926 (287)#840 (42)——#1,025 (26)
2020#924 (279)#821 (44)#544 (5)#834 (3)#971 (27)
2019#988 (261)#996 (35)#650 (4)#871 (3)#839 (33)
2018#909 (295)#1,059 (33)——#953 (28)
2017#990 (262)#933 (40)——#1,230 (20)
2016#1,086 (239)#782 (50)—#515 (7)#1,019 (26)
2015#1,124 (227)#984 (36)——#805 (34)
2014#1,179 (208)#920 (40)#802 (3)—#792 (35)
2013#1,046 (236)#784 (49)——#1,057 (24)
2012#1,096 (225)#768 (51)——#904 (29)
2011#1,144 (214)#603 (67)——#983 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #723.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,100 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 4,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Samira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #502MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #411NYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #601CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #820TXFlorida: #515FL
Samira (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#1,2848

Samira (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
SamiraCanadaGirls#1,26520
SamiraEngland & WalesGirls#99734
SamiraIrelandGirls—too few
SamiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamiraScotlandGirls—too few
SamiraUSGirls#723387