How rare is the name Samia?

6,085 people in the United States have the first name Samia, about 1 in 49,635. It ranks #3,426 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMIA

#3,426

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,085
About
1 in 49,635
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,085 people named Samia, 41.6% reported their origin as White, 25.5% as Black and 21.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Samia peaked in 2006, when 140 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
140
In 2025*
72 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,580 babies have been given the name since 1951. 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.

Samia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,137. The largest share of babies named Samia, 43.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,32746
1960s#8,42459
1970s#5,793177
1980s#5,002286
1990s#4,404476
2000s#3,1371,094
2010s#3,5411,001
2020s#4,347441
Baby boom 1946–641.7%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9614.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.8%
2013 and later32.7%

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 Samia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samia has been most common in Florida (3×), New York (2.8×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.74×).

1,642 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 Samia

#3,424 Ashish · 6,090#3,425 Ronin · 6,086#3,427 Mariann · 6,075#3,428 Callen · 6,074

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,514 Sami · 9,683#5,678 Samiya · 2,975#6,916 Sania · 2,263#6,966 Samya · 2,241#8,022 Sama · 1,837#10,910 Samiah · 1,199#13,373 Samiha · 905#20,273 Samie · 511

Also a last name

As a last name, Samia ranks #45,616 of 156,621, with 505 people. See Samia as a last name

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