Samiya — #2042 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Samiya

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,012 babies named Samiya between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Samiya currently holds the #2042 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 264 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Samiya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,818 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Samiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 323 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Samiya in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Samiya 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 4,012 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.