# Samia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samia/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,580 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,580 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 858, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 84 | 2,252 |
| 2012 | 81 | 2,333 |
| 2013 | 92 | 2,093 |
| 2014 | 76 | 2,409 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,765 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,701 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,766 |
| 2018 | 98 | 2,012 |
| 2019 | 99 | 1,967 |
| 2020 | 86 | 2,134 |
| 2021 | 87 | 2,169 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,632 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,755 |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,654 |
| 2025 | 72 | 2,478 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Samia

- Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dancer and actress (1924–1994)
- Samia Longchambon, English television actress
- Samia Adam, Egyptian footballer
- Samia Ghali, French politician

## 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.