Samira
Girl · sa-MEER-a · Arabic
Samira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “evening companion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 723rd for girls in the US (387 babies).
What does Samira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Samir
“evening companion”
The feminine of Samir, Arabic for a companion in night-time conversation.
- Say it
- sa-MEER-a
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Is Samira a girl's or a boy's name?
Samira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 387 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Samira, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 814th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 90 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Samira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
- Samira 34
- Samirah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 997th in England and Wales.
Samira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 44 | #876 |
| 2020 | 49 | #814 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 33 | #1,124 |
| 2017 | 42 | #957 |
| 2016 | 52 | #816 |
| 2015 | 36 | #1,062 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 49 | #829 |
| 2012 | 52 | #808 |
| 2011 | 68 | #647 |
| 2010 | 71 | #617 |
| 2009 | 77 | #558 |
| 2008 | 76 | #549 |
| 2007 | 70 | #580 |
| 2006 | 81 | #511 |
| 2005 | 84 | #477 |
| 2004 | 90 | #441 |
| 2003 | 62 | #553 |
| 2002 | 77 | #461 |
| 2001 | 54 | #578 |
| 2000 | 61 | #523 |
| 1999 | 51 | #593 |
| 1998 | 43 | #648 |
| 1997 | 47 | #618 |
| 1996 | 37 | #699 |
How popular is Samira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #723among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 387about 1 in 4,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 387 girls in the US were named Samira, making it the 723rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 924th. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had the most girls named Samira of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Samira in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 500 girls in the US were given Samira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #593, up from #723 for this spelling alone.
Samira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 387 | #723 |
| 2024 | 364 | #774 |
| 2023 | 350 | #802 |
| 2022 | 365 | #779 |
| 2021 | 287 | #926 |
| 2020 | 279 | #924 |
| 2019 | 261 | #988 |
| 2018 | 295 | #909 |
| 2017 | 262 | #990 |
| 2016 | 239 | #1,086 |
| 2015 | 227 | #1,124 |
| 2014 | 208 | #1,179 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 225 | #1,096 |
| 2011 | 214 | #1,144 |
| 2010 | 237 | #1,046 |
| 2009 | 239 | #1,068 |
| 2008 | 245 | #1,065 |
| 2007 | 243 | #1,081 |
| 2006 | 236 | #1,077 |
| 2005 | 252 | #970 |
| 2004 | 238 | #993 |
| 2003 | 313 | #788 |
| 2002 | 247 | #908 |
| 2001 | 165 | #1,224 |
| 2000 | 175 | #1,152 |
| 1999 | 134 | #1,331 |
| 1998 | 160 | #1,171 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 1996 | 129 | #1,316 |
| 1995 | 126 | #1,315 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,517 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,458 |
| 1992 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1991 | 104 | #1,497 |
| 1990 | 103 | #1,499 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 72 | #1,755 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,960 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 |
| 1977 | 28 | #2,837 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Samira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Samira
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