Samir
Boy · sa-MEER · Arabic
Samir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “evening companion”. In 2025 it ranked 936th for boys in the UK (36 babies) and 643rd for boys in the US (434 babies).
What does Samir mean?
Arabic
“evening companion”
Arabic for an entertaining companion in night-time conversation; the Hindi name Sameer, breeze, sounds the same.
- Say it
- sa-MEER
Is Samir a girl's or a boy's name?
Samir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 boys in the UK and 434 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #936among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 8,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were named Samir, making it the 936th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 94 boys.
Half of all the boys named Samir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were given Samir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #655, up from #936 for this spelling alone.
- Samir 36
- Sameer 17
Among boys in 2025, it was 873rd in England and Wales.
Samir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #936 |
| 2024 | 39 | #881 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 35 | #960 |
| 2020 | 32 | #981 |
| 2019 | 37 | #889 |
| 2018 | 43 | #826 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,068 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 52 | #707 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 42 | #823 |
| 2012 | 61 | #634 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 75 | #521 |
| 2009 | 68 | #552 |
| 2008 | 61 | #598 |
| 2007 | 48 | #667 |
| 2006 | 71 | #495 |
| 2005 | 59 | #523 |
| 2004 | 94 | #348 |
| 2003 | 70 | #414 |
| 2002 | 70 | #385 |
| 2001 | 67 | #399 |
| 2000 | 50 | #471 |
| 1999 | 59 | #417 |
| 1998 | 52 | #457 |
| 1997 | 45 | #476 |
| 1996 | 52 | #427 |
How popular is Samir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #643among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 434about 1 in 3,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 434 boys in the US were named Samir, making it the 643rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 648th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 488 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Samir in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 519 boys in the US were given Samir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #553, up from #643 for this spelling alone.
Samir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 434 | #643 |
| 2024 | 486 | #589 |
| 2023 | 488 | #586 |
| 2022 | 483 | #592 |
| 2021 | 394 | #676 |
| 2020 | 413 | #648 |
| 2019 | 362 | #694 |
| 2018 | 326 | #732 |
| 2017 | 335 | #719 |
| 2016 | 302 | #785 |
| 2015 | 331 | #736 |
| 2014 | 310 | #758 |
| 2013 | 290 | #774 |
| 2012 | 301 | #761 |
| 2011 | 319 | #717 |
| 2010 | 266 | #806 |
| 2009 | 315 | #738 |
| 2008 | 255 | #846 |
| 2007 | 257 | #832 |
| 2006 | 244 | #832 |
| 2005 | 247 | #786 |
| 2004 | 222 | #810 |
| 2003 | 217 | #799 |
| 2002 | 198 | #838 |
| 2001 | 201 | #817 |
| 2000 | 193 | #827 |
| 1999 | 164 | #911 |
| 1998 | 167 | #866 |
| 1997 | 147 | #920 |
| 1996 | 123 | #1,009 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,019 |
| 1994 | 128 | #972 |
| 1993 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1992 | 124 | #964 |
| 1991 | 121 | #962 |
| 1990 | 121 | #933 |
| 1989 | 104 | #999 |
| 1988 | 94 | #1,002 |
| 1987 | 94 | #973 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 98 | #917 |
| 1984 | 93 | #913 |
| 1983 | 80 | #987 |
| 1982 | 90 | #943 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,133 |
| 1980 | 86 | #967 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,001 |
| 1978 | 77 | #983 |
| 1977 | 79 | #963 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 59 | #1,094 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,073 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 |
| 1972 | 39 | #1,348 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
Names like Samir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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