Samaira

Peak · girls
2020 · 120 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,658
since 1993

Samaira over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Samaira has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1990200020102020peak #1,698, 2020girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,05192
2024#2,21885
2023#2,44273
2022#1,97499
2021#1,801112
2020#1,698120
2019#1,745118
2018#1,869108
2017#2,25783
2016#2,34380
2015#2,35178
2014#2,37177
2013#2,50871
2012#2,70865
2011#2,79662
2010#3,47046
2009#4,01338
2008#3,71043
2007#3,65344
2006#4,16535
2005#4,37331
2004#5,96920
2003#7,58014
2002#12,1877
2001#10,1029
2000#13,1546
1999#7,23913
1998#9,2609
1997#10,8367
1996#11,8076
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First appearance
1993

The first year at least five girls were named Samaira! It came in at #10,588, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Samaira is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNHWashington: #732 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,608 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMINew York: #1,418 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,703 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #846 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,438 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,830 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 14,702 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,180 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,748 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Samaira, so not publishedHITexas: #1,714 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 12,349 girlsTXFlorida: #1,685 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,395 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Washington#732 · 1 in 3,608
  2. New Jersey#846 · 1 in 4,438
  3. Virginia#1,180 · 1 in 6,748
  4. New York#1,418 · 1 in 8,703
  5. Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395

Best ever in a state: #511 in Connecticut, 2018.

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Washington#73281 in 3,608
New Jersey#84681 in 4,438
Virginia#1,18051 in 6,748
New York#1,41891 in 8,703
Florida#1,68571 in 12,395
Texas#1,714131 in 12,349
California#1,830111 in 14,702
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Samaira
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 167 spots since 2024 (#2,218 → #2,051)
  • 353 spots since 2020 (#1,698 → #2,051)
  • 300 spots since 2015 (#2,351 → #2,051)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2020 at #1,698 (120 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,471
  • Highest: 1 in 13,471 girls born in 2020 were named Samaira (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.5% of all girls named Samaira (788) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s42#7,239 (1999)#9,946
2000s247#3,653 (2007)#6,891
2010s788#1,745 (2019)#2,442
2020s581#1,698 (2020)#2,031

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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