Samya
Girl · SAHM-ya · Arabic
Samya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “exalted; elevated”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Samya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Samiya, feminine of Sami
“exalted; elevated”
- Say it
- SAHM-ya
Is Samya a girl's or a boy's name?
Samya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Samya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Samya in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Samya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Samya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Samya, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 232 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Samya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,964 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 100 | #1,968 |
| 2012 | 173 | #1,351 |
| 2011 | 176 | #1,324 |
| 2010 | 156 | #1,450 |
| 2009 | 187 | #1,292 |
| 2008 | 215 | #1,184 |
| 2007 | 232 | #1,115 |
| 2006 | 197 | #1,222 |
| 2005 | 181 | #1,252 |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,675 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,815 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Samya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Ayah Aaliyah Salma Safaa Anya Raya Sama Sumayyah
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