# Samiyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/samiyah/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,255 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,255 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 364, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Arabic سَامِيَة (sāmiya).

## 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 | 343 | 789 |
| 2012 | 328 | 820 |
| 2013 | 292 | 884 |
| 2014 | 269 | 991 |
| 2015 | 252 | 1,048 |
| 2016 | 257 | 1,033 |
| 2017 | 219 | 1,135 |
| 2018 | 190 | 1,232 |
| 2019 | 185 | 1,258 |
| 2020 | 173 | 1,290 |
| 2021 | 163 | 1,362 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,496 |
| 2023 | 123 | 1,689 |
| 2024 | 154 | 1,439 |
| 2025 | 126 | 1,650 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | 1,467 |
| 2010 | 18 | 1,584 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سَامِيَة
- Turkish: Samiye

## 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.