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Samiya

Girl

Meaning of Samiya: Arabic: 'exalted'

Samiya is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2134th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 3015th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2134

84 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#3015

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,096

First recorded 1979 · peak 2011

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 6 babies1982: 6 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 10 babies1988: 7 babies1989: 9 babies1990: 6 babies19901991: 11 babies1992: 11 babies1993: 12 babies1994: 13 babies1995: 12 babies1996: 17 babies1997: 14 babies1998: 35 babies1999: 42 babies2000: 44 babies20002001: 75 babies2002: 75 babies2003: 97 babies2004: 127 babies2005: 148 babies2006: 215 babies2007: 233 babies2008: 244 babies2009: 244 babies2010: 202 babies20102011: 264 babies2012: 248 babies2013: 206 babies2014: 186 babies2015: 180 babies2016: 138 babies2017: 136 babies2018: 138 babies2019: 120 babies2020: 104 babies20202021: 79 babies2022: 97 babies2023: 95 babies2024: 95 babies2025: 84 babies
US babies named Samiya per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 264.

Gender split

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

Origins & cultures

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