Samaa
Girl · sa-MAA · Arabic
Samaa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sky, heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Samaa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sama
“sky, heaven”
Arabic for sky or heaven; the Quran often speaks of al-sama, the heavens.
- Say it
- sa-MAA
Meaning borrowed from Sama.
Is Samaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Samaa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samaa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Samaa, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 girls in the UK were given Samaa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #458, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Sama 92
- Samaa 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Samaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Samaa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Samaa, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Samaa in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 198 girls in the US were given Samaa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,065, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Sama 186
- Samaa 12
Samaa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Samaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Safaa Hafsa Zainab Hiba Rahma Ayah Safiya Abeeha Sumayyah Nusaybah Aaliyah
Other spellings of Samaa
Names related to Samaa
Samiya Samia Samiha Samah Saima Samaya Samya Samiah Samayah Samyah
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