Samina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Samina is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “precious, valuable”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Samina mean?
Arabic: feminine of Samin
“precious, valuable”
Is Samina a girl's or a boy's name?
Samina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Samina, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 41 girls.
2025 had more girls named Samina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Samina in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Samina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 31 | #832 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 41 | #644 |
How popular is Samina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Samina, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer girls named Samina than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Samina in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Samina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Safiya Aaliyah Halima Khadija Hafsa Sumayyah Hiba Amira Salma Zainab Safia
Names related to Samina
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Samina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samina, updated 20 October 2026.