How rare is the name Samira?

11,693 people in the United States have the first name Samira, about 1 in 25,830. It ranks #2,237 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMIRA

#2,237

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,693
About
1 in 25,830
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,693 people named Samira, 41.9% reported their origin as White, 23% as Black and 18.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Samira peaked in 2025, when 387 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
387
In 2025*
387
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,875 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Samira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,556. The largest share of babies named Samira, 42.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#8,30761
1970s#4,688245
1980s#3,066589
1990s#2,4041,191
2000s#1,8362,353
2010s#1,9382,404
2020s#1,5562,032
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9614.9%
Generation Z 1997–1238.7%
2013 and later42.4%

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 Samira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Samira has been most common in Minnesota (2.6×), Florida (2.4×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Tennessee (0.21×).

6,781 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 Samira

#2,235 Anaya · 11,706#2,236 Dahlia · 11,696#2,238 Christin · 11,676#2,239 Ollie · 11,653

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,856 Samara · 15,524#1,925 Samir · 14,668#9,928 Samirah · 1,369#12,025 Samaira · 1,048#12,409 Samra · 1,003#14,673 Samyra · 799#15,006 Samera · 774#20,433 Samora · 506

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