NameTides

Samiyah

Samiyah was the #1,643 girls' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Samiyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Samiyah 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Samiyah 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.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
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#1,643 (126)#4,201 (5)—
2024#1,436 (154)#4,193 (5)—
2023#1,681 (123)#3,599 (6)—
2022#1,490 (146)——
2021#1,354 (163)#4,634 (4)#3,280 (5)
2020#1,287 (173)——
2019#1,255 (185)#5,591 (3)—
2018#1,229 (190)#2,901 (8)—
2017#1,131 (219)#3,583 (6)—
2016#1,030 (257)#3,214 (7)—
2015#1,047 (252)#2,070 (13)#3,286 (5)
2014#991 (269)#2,464 (10)#2,374 (8)
2013#884 (292)#2,062 (13)—
2012#817 (328)#3,285 (7)—
2011#789 (343)#2,893 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #789.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 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 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Samiyah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 16,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Samiyah 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: #1,061MINew York: #1,235NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: 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: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict 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: #2,038TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Samiyah (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
SamiyahCanadaGirls—too few
SamiyahEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
SamiyahUSGirls#1,643126