Samarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MAR-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Samarah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Samarah mean?
Spelling of Samara, of disputed origin
A samara is also the botanical name for a winged seed, such as a maple key.
Is Samarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samarah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Samarah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samarah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Samarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Samara 38
- Samarah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Samarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Samarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Samarah, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Samarah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Samarah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,013 girls in the US were given Samarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #331, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
- Samara 957
- Samarah 56
Samarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,413 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 77 | #2,388 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 85 | #2,170 |
| 2018 | 84 | #2,207 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2015 | 56 | #3,024 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 120 | #1,734 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,854 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,122 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Nicknames for Samarah
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Sumayyah Nusaybah Zainab Ayah Safiya Ruqayyah Summer Aaminah Hafsa Umaymah
Other spellings of Samarah
Names related to Samarah
Samar Samaira Samirah Sameera Samayra Samaria Sameerah Samari Samary
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, “Samarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samarah, updated 20 October 2026.