NameTides

Samirah

Samirah was the #2,542 girls' name in the US in 2025 (69 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Samirah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Samirah 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Samirah 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#2,542 (69)#3,705 (6)—
2024#2,930 (56)#4,193 (5)—
2023#3,274 (49)#5,688 (3)—
2022#2,364 (78)——
2021#2,674 (64)#3,192 (7)—
2020#2,966 (54)#2,615 (9)—
2019#2,814 (59)#2,458 (10)—
2018#2,744 (62)#3,985 (5)—
2017#2,816 (60)#3,583 (6)#3,307 (5)
2016#3,229 (50)#2,966 (8)—
2015#3,059 (55)#3,252 (7)—
2014#2,648 (66)#4,003 (5)—
2013#2,211 (84)#3,160 (7)—
2012#2,286 (82)#1,893 (15)—
2011#2,664 (66)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #2,211.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 23,000 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 23,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Samirah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 39,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samirah 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,392PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Samirah (girls) 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
SamirahCanadaGirls—too few
SamirahEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
SamirahUSGirls#2,54269