Samir Boy
How popular is Samir?
#643 boy name in 2025
434 baby boys were named Samir in the US in 2025, making it the 643rd most popular boy name.
Samir popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #643 for boys (▼ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 434 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #736 in 2015, #648 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (488 boys) |
| Highest rank | #586 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Samir counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samir family of names ranked #531 for boys in 2025 (#493 the year before), with 550 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samir | 434 | 79% |
| Samar | 60 | 11% |
| Sahmir | 22 | 4% |
| Samer | 14 | 3% |
| Samere | 9 | 2% |
| Samyr | 11 | 2% |
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 Samir is most popular
Babies named Samir per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.2 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- Georgia: 0.6 per 1,000 (144 boys)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Virginia: 0.5 per 1,000 (100 boys)
- New York: 0.5 per 1,000 (227 boys)
Samir by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,992 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,231 |
| 1970s | 562 | #963 |
| 1980s | 877 | #913 |
| 1990s | 1,325 | #866 |
| 2000s | 2,349 | #738 |
| 2010s | 3,142 | #694 |
| 2020s | 2,698 | #586 |
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Questions
- Is Samir a boy or girl name?
- Samir is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samir were boys.
- How popular is the name Samir?
- 434 baby boys were named Samir in the US in 2025, making it the 643rd most popular boy name.
- When was Samir most popular?
- Samir peaked in 2023, when 488 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #586 in 2023.
- How many people are named Samir?
- 11,163 babies have been named Samir in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,940 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Samir most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samir was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.2 of every 1,000 boys 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.