Samaiyah
Girl · sah-MY-ah · Arabic
Samaiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Samaiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Samaiya; probably a variant of Sumayya
Sumayya bint Khayyat is honoured in Islam as the first martyr of the faith.
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- sah-MY-ah
Meaning borrowed from Samaiya.
Is Samaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samaiyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Samaiyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Samaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Nicknames for Samaiyah
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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