Samah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Samah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “generosity, forgiveness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Samah mean?
Arabic
“generosity, forgiveness”
From the Arabic root s-m-h, linked to tolerance and generosity, which also gives the boys' name Samih.
Is Samah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Samah, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 27 girls.
2025 had more girls named Samah than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Samah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Samah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Samah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Samah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Samah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Samah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Aaliyah Sumayyah Farah Hibah Ayah Safaa Summer Hiba Safiya Hafsa
Names related to Samah
Sama Samiya Samia Samiha Saima Samaa Samaya Samiyah Samya Samiah Samayah
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, “Samah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samah, updated 20 October 2026.