Samaira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MY-ra
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,051 for girls
Samaira is a girls' name of Hindi origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 2,051st for girls in the US (92 babies).
Where does Samaira come from?
Hindi: modern Indian name
Is Samaira a girl's or a boy's name?
Samaira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 92 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samaira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Samaira, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samaira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Samaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Samaira 17
- Samayra 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Samaira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Samaira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 92about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were named Samaira, making it the 2,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,698th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Samaira in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 98 girls in the US were given Samaira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,714, up from #2,051 for this spelling alone.
- Samaira 92
- Samayra 6
Samaira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,051 |
| 2024 | 85 | #2,218 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 99 | #1,974 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,698 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,869 |
| 2017 | 83 | #2,257 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2012 | 65 | #2,708 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Samaira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Abeeha Safiya Hiba Amira Rahma Aaliyah Sumayyah Khadija Zainab Safaa
Other spellings of Samaira
Names related to Samaira
Samira Samara Samar Samirah Samarah Sameera Sumaira Samaria Samari Samary
More Hindi names
Prisha Saanvi Meera Riya Jiya Diya Reyansh Sai Shanaya Neev Aarush Rivaan Rishaan Sanaya Tulsi Muskan
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, “Samaira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samaira, updated 20 October 2026.