Samirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MEER-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,542 for girls
Samirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “companion in evening talk”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,542nd for girls in the US (69 babies).
What does Samirah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Samira, feminine of Samir
“companion in evening talk”
From Arabic samar, 'evening conversation', as shared among friends at night.
Is Samirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 69 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Samirah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 27 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Samirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. 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 Samirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Samira 34
- Samirah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Samirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 27 | #965 |
| 2002 | 23 | #1,053 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Samirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,542among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 69about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 69 girls in the US were named Samirah, making it the 2,542nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Samirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 500 girls in the US were given Samirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #593, up from #2,542 for this spelling alone.
Samirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 69 | #2,542 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 78 | #2,364 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,814 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 50 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 66 | #2,646 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,663 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,509 |
| 2008 | 75 | #2,511 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Samirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Aaliyah Sumayyah Zainab Nusaybah Safiya Ruqayyah Aaminah Farah Ayah Safia Safaa
Other spellings of Samirah
Names related to Samirah
Samar Samaira Samarah Sameera Sumaira Simrah Samaria Samari Samora Zamirah
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, “Samirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samirah, updated 20 October 2026.