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Samia

Girl

Meaning of Samia: Arabic: 'sublime'

Samia is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2382nd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 5891st in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2382

72 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#5891

3 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

3,580

First recorded 1951 · peak 2006

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 31 babies1982: 20 babies1983: 27 babies1984: 21 babies1985: 30 babies1986: 35 babies1987: 34 babies1988: 34 babies1989: 20 babies1990: 35 babies19901991: 37 babies1992: 45 babies1993: 33 babies1994: 45 babies1995: 39 babies1996: 40 babies1997: 51 babies1998: 70 babies1999: 81 babies2000: 69 babies20002001: 78 babies2002: 88 babies2003: 117 babies2004: 106 babies2005: 133 babies2006: 140 babies2007: 134 babies2008: 125 babies2009: 104 babies2010: 107 babies20102011: 84 babies2012: 81 babies2013: 92 babies2014: 76 babies2015: 119 babies2016: 126 babies2017: 119 babies2018: 98 babies2019: 99 babies2020: 86 babies20202021: 87 babies2022: 67 babies2023: 63 babies2024: 66 babies2025: 72 babies
US babies named Samia per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 140.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More Arabic & Persian girls' names

Other names starting with S