How Many People Are Named Samira?
An estimated 8,319 people in the United States have the first name Samira. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Samira peaked in popularity in 2022 with 365 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Samira as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Samira paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
8,319
About 1 in 41,201 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2022
365 births
Total Registered
8,486
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Samira
Samira is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 8,486 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Samira as a female name
Ranked #773 in 2024
364 female births in 2024
Peak: 2022 (365 births)
Samira: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Samira span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 2,404 babies were registered. While Samira is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Samira by Decade
How has Samira tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Samira by State
Birth registrations for Samira span all 30 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Oregon, Connecticut, Wisconsin. On average, about 214 Samiras were registered per state.
Samira + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Samira as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Samira
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Samira: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Samira?
We estimate approximately 8,319 people named Samira are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 41,201 Americans share this first name.
Is Samira a common name?
Samira is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 8,486 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Samira most popular?
Samira reached peak popularity in 2022, when 365 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Samira is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Samira a female name?
Samira is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Samira Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Samira Smith, Samira Johnson, Samira Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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