Sama
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MAA
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #478 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,219 for girls
Sama is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sky, heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 478th for girls in the UK (92 babies) and 1,219th for girls in the US (186 babies).
What does Sama mean?
Arabic
“sky, heaven”
Arabic for sky or heaven; the Quran often speaks of al-sama, the heavens.
Is Sama a girl's or a boy's name?
Sama is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls in the UK and 186 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Sama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #478among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 95% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the UK were named Sama, making it the 478th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th.
2025 had the most girls named Sama of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Sama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 girls in the UK were given Sama or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #458, up from #478 for this spelling alone.
- Sama 92
- Samaa 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 473rd in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Sama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #478 |
| 2024 | 57 | #717 |
| 2023 | 42 | #913 |
| 2022 | 45 | #847 |
| 2021 | 41 | #926 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,285 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Sama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,219among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 186about 1 in 8,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 186 girls in the US were named Sama, making it the 1,219th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. It first appears in the records in 1983. 6 boys were also named Sama in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Sama of any year since it first appeared, in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Sama in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 198 girls in the US were given Sama or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,065, up from #1,219 for this spelling alone.
- Sama 186
- Samaa 12
Sama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 186 | #1,219 |
| 2024 | 165 | #1,374 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,762 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,710 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 80 | #2,275 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,976 |
| 2016 | 85 | #2,247 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 52 | #3,158 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Sama
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Rahma Hiba Zainab Safaa Abeeha Safiya Huda Ayah Sumayyah Aaliyah
Other spellings of Sama
Names related to Sama
Samiya Samia Samiha Samah Saima Samaya Shayma Sami Samya Samiah Samyah Smaya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sama: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sama, updated 20 October 2026.