Samiya
Girl · SAH-mee-ya · Arabic
Samiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elevated, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Samiya mean?
Arabic: feminine of Sami
“elevated, exalted”
The feminine of Sami, from an Arabic root meaning to be high or lofty.
- Say it
- SAH-mee-ya
Is Samiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Samiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samiya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Samiya, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 36 girls.
2025 had more girls named Samiya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Samiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Samiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
- Samiya 16
- Samiyah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Samiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 31 | #1,000 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 34 | #866 |
| 2003 | 34 | #843 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 22 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Samiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,194among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Samiya, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 264 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Samiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 210 girls in the US were given Samiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,028, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
- Samiyah 126
- Samiya 84
Samiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 95 | #2,040 |
| 2023 | 95 | #2,050 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 79 | #2,309 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,860 |
| 2019 | 120 | #1,724 |
| 2018 | 138 | #1,568 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,600 |
| 2016 | 138 | #1,598 |
| 2015 | 180 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 186 | #1,284 |
| 2013 | 206 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 248 | #1,018 |
| 2011 | 264 | #970 |
| 2010 | 202 | #1,197 |
| 2009 | 244 | #1,056 |
| 2008 | 244 | #1,070 |
| 2007 | 233 | #1,109 |
| 2006 | 215 | #1,140 |
| 2005 | 148 | #1,437 |
| 2004 | 127 | #1,553 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,884 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Samiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Samiya
Names related to Samiya
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