How rare is the name Sameer?

5,677 people in the United States have the first name Sameer, about 1 in 53,203. It ranks #3,606 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMEER

#3,606

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,677
About
1 in 53,203
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,677 people named Sameer, 72.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 15.2% as White and 5.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sameer peaked in 2005, when 136 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
136
In 2025*
69 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,414 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sameer by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,158. The largest share of babies named Sameer, 44.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,41311
1970s#4,812236
1980s#3,968399
1990s#3,908570
2000s#3,1581,083
2010s#4,372724
2020s#4,692391
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–1244.7%
2013 and later25.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sameer is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sameer has been most common in New York (3.7×), New Jersey (3.2×), and California (2.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.44×).

1,858 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sameer

#3,604 Dangelo · 5,678#3,604 Men · 5,678#3,607 Dottie · 5,675#3,608 Edie · 5,667

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sameer, most common first.

#4,791 Samer · 3,773#9,486 Sameera · 1,462#39,013 Sammer · 195#40,852 Samier · 181

Also a last name

As a last name, Sameer ranks #69,365 of 156,621, with 305 people. See Sameer as a last name

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