Samia
Girl · SAH-mee-a · Arabic
Samia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elevated; exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,458th for girls in the US (72 babies).
What does Samia mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sami
“elevated; exalted”
From the Arabic root s-m-w, 'to be high'.
- Say it
- SAH-mee-a
Is Samia a girl's or a boy's name?
Samia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 72 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Samia, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 58 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Samia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 44 | #872 |
| 2009 | 58 | #699 |
| 2008 | 48 | #784 |
| 2007 | 57 | #676 |
| 2006 | 49 | #703 |
| 2005 | 57 | #624 |
| 2004 | 54 | #621 |
| 2003 | 43 | #711 |
| 2002 | 37 | #750 |
| 2001 | 40 | #701 |
| 2000 | 32 | #792 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 38 | #719 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
How popular is Samia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were named Samia, making it the 2,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,115th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 140 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Samia in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were given Samia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,828, up from #2,458 for this spelling alone.
- Samia 72
- Samiah 18
Samia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #2,458 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,730 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,154 |
| 2020 | 86 | #2,115 |
| 2019 | 99 | #1,961 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,997 |
| 2017 | 119 | #1,761 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,693 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,758 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,391 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 81 | #2,315 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 107 | #1,886 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 125 | #1,762 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 140 | #1,552 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,539 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,640 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 78 | #2,111 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,080 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,699 |
| 1979 | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
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Other spellings of Samia
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