Samir

What Samir means

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

Editor’s note Up from #736 in 2015 to #643 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Samir?

US: Rising: up from #736 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #671 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 488 boys got the name (#586 that year). First in the US records in 1957.

How common

• About 1 in 3,936 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,554 baby boys in England and Wales 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 DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.68 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.6 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Samir is #643 in the US and #873 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Samir were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zamir327 US · 5 E&W
• Zymir249 US
• Sameer69 US · 17 E&W
• Samar60 US · 18 E&W
• Symir60 US
• Zahmir48 US
• Xamir26 US
• Zamar24 US

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 Samir

Boys

• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*

For a sister

• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

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 Samir’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.