Sameerah — #15716 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sameerah

The Social Security Administration has registered 469 babies named Sameerah between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sameerah currently holds the #15716 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sameerah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sameerah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Sameerah in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sameerah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 469 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.