Samiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-mee-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Samiah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elevated; exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Samiah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Samia; feminine of Sami
“elevated; exalted”
From the Arabic root s-m-w, 'to be high'.
Meaning borrowed from Samia.
Is Samiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samiah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samiah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Samiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Samiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Samiah, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 99 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had fewer girls named Samiah than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Samiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were given Samiah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,828, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
- Samia 72
- Samiah 18
Samiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 53 | #3,053 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,798 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,736 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 99 | #1,982 |
| 2010 | 87 | #2,220 |
| 2009 | 91 | #2,183 |
| 2008 | 95 | #2,122 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 83 | #2,287 |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,294 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Samiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Safiya, Ayah, Nusaybah, Safaa, Safia, Hafsa, Aaminah
Other spellings of Samiah
Names related to Samiah
Sama, Sumaiyah, Samiya, Samiha, Samah, Saima, Samaa, Sami, Samiyah, Samya, Sammi, Samayah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Samiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samiah, updated 20 October 2026.