Samiyah
Girl · Arabic
Samiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,643rd for girls in the US (126 babies).
What does Samiyah mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Sami.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Samiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 126 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Samiyah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samiyah 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, 21 girls in the UK were given Samiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Samiya 16
- Samiyah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Samiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2005 | 27 | #1,022 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 29 | #884 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 18 | #1,194 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Samiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,643among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were named Samiyah, making it the 1,643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,287th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 343 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Samiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 210 girls in the US were given Samiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,028, up from #1,643 for this spelling alone.
- Samiyah 126
- Samiya 84
Samiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,643 |
| 2024 | 154 | #1,436 |
| 2023 | 123 | #1,681 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,490 |
| 2021 | 163 | #1,354 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,287 |
| 2019 | 185 | #1,255 |
| 2018 | 190 | #1,229 |
| 2017 | 219 | #1,131 |
| 2016 | 257 | #1,030 |
| 2015 | 252 | #1,047 |
| 2014 | 269 | #991 |
| 2013 | 292 | #884 |
| 2012 | 328 | #817 |
| 2011 | 343 | #789 |
| 2010 | 245 | #1,021 |
| 2009 | 266 | #995 |
| 2008 | 233 | #1,108 |
| 2007 | 252 | #1,044 |
| 2006 | 209 | #1,162 |
| 2005 | 153 | #1,400 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,653 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,675 |
| 2002 | 86 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Samiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Sumayyah Zainab Safiya Ruqayyah Nusaybah Ayah Aafiyah Safaa Safia Hafsa
Other spellings of Samiyah
Names related to Samiyah
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