Girls' name · since 1977
Sameera
850 babies named Sameera in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,459 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 850
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
850 babies have been named Sameera since 1977, making it today's #5459 girls' name.
Sameera has 850 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5459 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #8,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,459 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 850 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sameera ranks #8,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,459 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 850 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,459 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 850
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sameera's 850 recorded births place it above 88.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sameera compares
850 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sameera's all-time total is 126% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sameera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 850 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sameera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sameera splits its recorded history at 2001: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 38 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sameera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Sameera by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (266 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Sameera's strongest decade.
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Sameera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
110 births
- 2000s
2000s
246 births
- 2010s
2010s
266 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 266 births (31% of all-time use).
How Sameera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sameera's total volume
Sameera by state
Where Sameera concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 39 | 4.6% |
| #2 | California | | 30 | 3.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.6% |
39 of 850 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Sameera's data
- Sameera's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (266 total births) through the 2020s (126) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Sameeras (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sameera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sameera draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.