Samora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-MOR-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Samora is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
Where does Samora come from?
Uncertain; perhaps from the surname Samora (Zamora)
Is Samora a girl's or a boy's name?
Samora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Samora, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most girls named Samora of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Samora in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Samora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Samora 43
- Samorah 5
Samora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Samora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Samira Amira Amoura Zahara Zamira Salma Safiya Sama Sariyah Alaya Samara
Names related to Samora
Sources
Figures from 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, “Samora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samora, updated 20 October 2026.