# Sameer (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sameer/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /səˈmir/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Samir |
| US babies named this | 3,414 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,414 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,302, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi समीर (samīr).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93 | 1,642 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,906 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,039 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,748 |
| 2015 | 78 | 1,888 |
| 2016 | 66 | 2,132 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,212 |
| 2018 | 71 | 2,042 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,686 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,182 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,076 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,401 |
| 2023 | 57 | 2,413 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,113 |
| 2025 | 69 | 2,123 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 767 |
| 2012 | 47 | 704 |
| 2013 | 36 | 837 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 17 | 1,431 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## 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.