Samira

What Samira means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1961, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Samira?

US: Rising: up from #1124 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #984 in 2015, #997 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 387 girls got the name (#723 that year). First in the US records in 1961.

How common

• About 1 in 4,153 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,449 baby girls 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 MA (0.58 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.54 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Samira is #723 in the US and #997 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Samira were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Samara957 US · 38 E&W
• Xamira197 US
• Zamira169 US · 4 E&W
• Zamora130 US
• Samaira92 US · 17 E&W
• Samirah69 US · 6 E&W
• Zamara61 US
• Samarah56 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 Samira

Girls

• Soraya#862Editor’s note Up from #1,227 in 2015 to #862 in 2025 in the US
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Kira#385Editor’s note Down from #361 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Jazmin#710Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2006, with 2,240 babies; 395 in 2025
• Jazmine#992Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #446 in 2015, #992 in 2025
• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Casper#924Variant of Caspar, meaning “a given name”^*
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ahmad#669“praiseworthy”^*
• Darius#788Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 2,184 babies; 322 in 2025
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

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