# Sameera (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sameera/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 850 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 850 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 389, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A direct Transliteration of Sanskrit समीर (samīra).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,186 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,532 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,802 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,638 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,478 |
| 2016 | 38 | 3,985 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,378 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,480 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,882 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,981 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,133 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,951 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,372 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,886 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,528 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## 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.