Samarra
Girl · sa-MAR-a
Samarra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Samarra mean?
The Iraqi city of Samarra, or a spelling of Samara
Samarra, once an Abbasid capital, is known in English through the fable 'Appointment in Samarra'.
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- sa-MAR-a
Is Samarra a girl's or a boy's name?
Samarra is a girls' name.
How popular is Samarra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Samarra in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samarra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Nicknames for Samarra
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samarra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samira Safa Salma Aaliyah Amira Zahara Safiya Zaira Zamira Aliya Zaniyah Kaliyah