Samaya Girl
How popular is Samaya?
#1,747 girl name in 2025
116 baby girls were named Samaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
Samaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,747 for girls (▲ 233 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 116 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,778 in 2015, #2,115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (221 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,157 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samaya family of names ranked #1,224 for girls in 2025 (#1,453 the year before), with 146 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samaya | 116 | 79% |
| Samayah | 24 | 16% |
| Samaia | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Samaya is most popular
Babies named Samaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
Samaya by decade
Girl names about as popular as Samaya
Questions
- Is Samaya a boy or girl name?
- Samaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Samaya?
- 116 baby girls were named Samaya in the US in 2025, making it the 1747th most popular girl name.
- When was Samaya most popular?
- Samaya peaked in 2007, when 221 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,157 in 2007.
- How many people are named Samaya?
- 3,164 babies have been named Samaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,143 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Samaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samaya was most common in New York, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.