Samiyah

#1,650 in 2025Girls' name

Counterpart of Sami

Samiyah has been given to 5,255 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #1,650 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 343 recorded.

Babies named Samiyah, 2025

1 in 26,300

Samiyah over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Samiyah: meaning, origin, and history

Counterpart of Sami

Arabic

What Samiyah means

Samiyah is a counterpart of Sami.

Origin, language, and formation

Samiyah is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Samiyah comes through Arabic سَامِيَة.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sami.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,255 girls were recorded with the name Samiyah between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 343 in 2011; its best national rank was #789 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,290 in 2020 to #1,650 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,048 in 2015 to #1,650 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Samiyah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 26,300; 126 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 12,800; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #1,650; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 18,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Samiyah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samiyah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Samiyahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Samiyah was born before 2012 — so the typical Samiyah is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 49.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5,255; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 49.1% of all recorded uses (2,580).

Is Samiyah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −211; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −360; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −602; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 36.7%; Peak was 2011 (343)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #789; 2011

Spellings of Samiyah

Samiyah is not the most common spelling — Aaliyah is, with 20.7% against Samiyah's 0.99%.

Aaliyah20.7%109,971
Aliyah9.2%49,011
Aniyah5.9%31,207
Amiyah3.5%18,643
Maliyah2.9%15,359
Janiyah2.6%13,605
Kaliyah2.4%12,946
Jaliyah2.3%12,277

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Samiyah is used

Across 2016–2025, Samiyah was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 3,571 girls, against 1 in 8,865 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 33,333).

328 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Maryland1 in 3,571
2Pennsylvania1 in 4,762
3South Carolina1 in 4,762
4Florida1 in 5,882
5North Carolina1 in 5,882
6Georgia1 in 6,250
7Michigan1 in 6,250
8New York1 in 6,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Samiyah around the world

Where Samiyah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#4,201
in 2025
Canada
2007–2015
#3,185
in 2015
South Australia
2010–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Samiyah

People whose public names include Samiyah, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Samiyah Hassan NourAthletics competitor
b. 1999

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Samiyah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #1,650
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 360
Best rank ever: #789; 2011
Peak year: 2011; 343 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 5,255
Count in 2025: 126

Names similar to Samiyah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Samayah Samyah Samaria Samarah Samirah Samiya Samanta Samaiyah Sammie Samaira Samaya Kamiyah Samira Samuel Malayah Sariyah Taniyah Mariyah Samatha Saniyah Jamiyah Zaniyah Laniyah Samone

Names with a curve like Samiyah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Samiyah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Lilyanna Alyvia Kaelynn Lillianna Sofie Kailynn Neveah Jaleah Diya Paityn Lilyann Abrielle

Sibling names for Samiyah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lilyanna Kamille Kenley Lailah Maliah Diya Kylah Brisa

For a brother

Gibson Teagan Rylee Maxim Channing Xzavier Tristian Jaxen

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