Samiyah Girl
How popular is Samiyah?
#1,643 girl name in 2025
126 baby girls were named Samiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name.
Samiyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,643 for girls (▼ 207 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 126 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,047 in 2015, #1,287 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (343 girls) |
| Highest rank | #789 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1982 |
| 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 |
Samiyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Samiyah family of names ranked #961 for girls in 2025 (#910 the year before), with 220 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Samiyah | 126 | 57% |
| Samiya | 84 | 38% |
| Samyiah | 10 | 5% |
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 Samiyah is most popular
Babies named Samiyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Samiyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Samiyah
Questions
- Is Samiyah a boy or girl name?
- Samiyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Samiyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Samiyah?
- 126 baby girls were named Samiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 1643rd most popular girl name.
- When was Samiyah most popular?
- Samiyah peaked in 2011, when 343 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #789 in 2011.
- How many people are named Samiyah?
- 5,255 babies have been named Samiyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,219 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Samiyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Samiyah was most common in Maryland, at 0.2 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.