# Samira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samira/  
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 | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /sæˈmiːrə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,875 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,875 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,580, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Persian سمیرا.

## 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 | 214 | 1,148 |
| 2012 | 225 | 1,105 |
| 2013 | 236 | 1,055 |
| 2014 | 208 | 1,182 |
| 2015 | 227 | 1,125 |
| 2016 | 239 | 1,087 |
| 2017 | 262 | 993 |
| 2018 | 295 | 913 |
| 2019 | 261 | 992 |
| 2020 | 279 | 928 |
| 2021 | 287 | 927 |
| 2022 | 365 | 781 |
| 2023 | 350 | 802 |
| 2024 | 364 | 774 |
| 2025 | 387 | 723 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 67 | 603 |
| 2012 | 51 | 768 |
| 2013 | 49 | 784 |
| 2014 | 40 | 920 |
| 2015 | 36 | 984 |
| 2016 | 50 | 782 |
| 2017 | 40 | 933 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1,059 |
| 2019 | 35 | 996 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 42 | 840 |
| 2022 | 35 | 982 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 34 | 997 |

## People named Samira

- Samira Efendi, Azerbaijani singer
- Samira Bellil, French feminist activist and campaigner for the rights of girls and women (1972–2004)
- Samira Nawa, Danish politician
- Samira Negrouche, Algerian writer
- Samira Rafaela, Dutch politician
- Samira Rocha, Brazilian handball player
- Samira Ahmed, British television newsreader and reporter formerly on Channel 4 News
- Samira Vera-Cruz, Cape Verdean filmmaker
- Samira Sitail, Ambassador of Morocco in France
- Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear physicist (1917-1952)

## 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.