Sahmir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-MEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Sahmir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion in evening talk”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Sahmir mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Samir
“companion in evening talk”
A spelling of Samir, from Arabic samar, friendly conversation in the evening.
Is Sahmir a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahmir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahmir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Sahmir, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sahmir of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Sahmir in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sahmir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Sahmir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zamir Ahmir Samir Hamza Amir Zayd Nazir Sabir Muhammad Azir Zayan
Names related to Sahmir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sahmir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahmir, updated 20 October 2026.