Sama

What Sama means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Sama yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,773 in 2015, #1,219 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Sama?

US: Rising: up from #2773 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1240 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 186 girls got the name (#1219 that year). First in the US records in 1983.

How common

• About 1 in 8,641 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,015 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.39 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.29 per 1,000 girls), NJ (0.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Sama is #1219 in the US and #473 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.9% of US babies named Sama were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Sima65 US · 12 E&W
• Simi37 US · 5 E&W
• Sami27 US · 3 E&W
• Sammy25 US · 3 E&W
• Samah8 US · 13 E&W
• Sammi19 US
• Samaa12 US · 4 E&W
• Zema11 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Sama

Girls

• Adalyn#260Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Milani#288Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #664 in 2015, #288 in 2025
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Willow#44From the word “willow”^*
• Kaia#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #447 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025

For a brother

• Ares#290Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #722 in 2015, #290 in 2025
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Holden#297Editor’s note Steady in the US: #291 in 2015 and #297 in 2025
• Jaxson#156Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1991, with 13 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Sama’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.