# Samay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samay/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “time” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 486 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 445 / 41 (8% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 81, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समय (samaya, “time”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 18,744 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,654 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,390 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,005 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,435 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,566 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 12,001 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,962 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,871 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,250 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,606 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,517 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,023 |
| 2018 | 13 | 6,641 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,353 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,674 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,755 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,278 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,319 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,383 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,926 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2,304 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: समय

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.