Samira — #771 US girls' name
8,486 babies named Samira in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Samira was born in this single decade.
365 babies were named Samira in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Samira
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,486 babies named Samira between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samira currently holds the #771 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 365 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Samira performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,404 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Samira shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,154 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Samira in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Samira 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 8,486 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.
Samira at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Samira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1961
- Peak year (2022)
- 365
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
Currently ranks #771 among girls.
8,486 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 365 births in a single year.
Samira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,404 births that decade — 28% of Samira's all-time total
Samira decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,404 births
- Runner-up 2,352 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Samira's strongest decade
2,404 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Samira by state
Where Samira concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,154 | 13.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 973 | 11.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 615 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 535 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 357 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 347 | 4.1% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 335 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 317 | 3.7% |
1,154 of 8,486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.6% of nationwide
- New York 11.5% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- Florida 6.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Samira appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.