Samyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-MEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Samyia is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Samyia come from?
Arabic: probably a variant of Samiya
Is Samyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Samyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Samyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Samyia in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Samyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Samyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Safiya, Samira, Salma, Samiyah, Zahara, Safia, Aliya, Zainab, Zaniyah, Amira
Names related to Samyia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Samyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samyia, updated 20 October 2026.