Samir
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #643 for boys in 2025, 434 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 488 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,094since 1957
Samir over time
Rank among boys' names. Samir has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #643 | 434 | |
| 2024 | — | #589 | 486 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #586 | 488 |
| 2022 | — | #592 | 483 | |
| 2021 | — | #676 | 394 | |
| 2020 | — | #648 | 413 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #694 | 362 |
| 2018 | — | #732 | 326 | |
| 2017 | — | #719 | 335 | |
| 2016 | — | #785 | 302 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #736 | 331 |
| 2014 | — | #758 | 310 | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #774 | 290 |
| 2012 | — | #761 | 301 | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #717 | 319 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #806 | 266 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #738 | 315 |
| 2008 | — | #846 | 255 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #832 | 257 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #832 | 244 |
| 2005 | — | #786 | 247 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #811 | 222 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #800 | 217 |
| 2002 | — | #839 | 198 | |
| 2001 | — | #818 | 201 | |
| 2000 | — | #829 | 193 | |
| 1999 | — | #913 | 164 | |
| 1998 | — | #867 | 167 | |
| 1997 | — | #922 | 147 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,011 | 123 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,022 | 118 | |
| 1994 | — | #976 | 128 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,042 | 112 | |
| 1992 | — | #967 | 124 | |
| 1991 | — | #967 | 121 | |
| 1990 | — | #937 | 121 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,002 | 104 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,003 | 94 | |
| 1987 | — | #974 | 94 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,094 | 73 | |
| 1985 | — | #917 | 98 | |
| 1984 | — | #913 | 93 | |
| 1983 | — | #987 | 80 | |
| 1982 | — | #943 | 90 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1980 | — | #967 | 86 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,001 | 79 | |
| 1978 | — | #983 | 77 | |
| 1977 | — | #963 | 79 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,094 | 59 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,073 | 59 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,176 | 49 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,348 | 39 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,466 | 34 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,351 | 38 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,231 | 41 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,327 | 12 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Samir! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Samir is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#214 · 1 in 729
- Pennsylvania#352 · 1 in 1,994
- New Jersey#379 · 1 in 2,189
- South Carolina#399 · 1 in 2,151
- New York#427 · 1 in 2,706
Best ever in a state: #108 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #214 | 6 | 1 in 729 |
| Pennsylvania | #352 | 30 | 1 in 1,994 |
| New Jersey | #379 | 19 | 1 in 2,189 |
| South Carolina | #399 | 10 | 1 in 2,151 |
| New York | #427 | 38 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Connecticut | #447 | 5 | 1 in 2,881 |
| Maryland | #450 | 11 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Massachusetts | #511 | 8 | 1 in 3,695 |
| Virginia | #515 | 13 | 1 in 3,263 |
| Ohio | #532 | 17 | 1 in 3,547 |
| Illinois | #542 | 20 | 1 in 3,319 |
| Missouri | #562 | 9 | 1 in 3,511 |
| Florida | #628 | 23 | 1 in 4,276 |
| Colorado | #685 | 6 | 1 in 4,613 |
| Georgia | #737 | 11 | 1 in 4,995 |
| Minnesota | #783 | 5 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Louisiana | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,096 |
| North Carolina | #835 | 8 | 1 in 6,501 |
| Tennessee | #915 | 5 | 1 in 7,308 |
| California | #934 | 24 | 1 in 9,429 |
| Michigan | #1,077 | 5 | 1 in 9,553 |
| Texas | #1,102 | 17 | 1 in 11,064 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Samir
- 54 spots since 2024 (#589 → #643)
- 5 spots since 2020 (#648 → #643)
- 93 spots since 2015 (#736 → #643)
- Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1977 (#1,238 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1986 (#917 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2023 at #586 (488 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1997–2025
- Highest: 1 in 3,505 boys born in 2023 were named Samir (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,936 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 28.3% of all boys named Samir (3,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,993 (1957) | #3,993 |
| 1960s | 136 | #1,231 (1969) | #2,589 |
| 1970s | 562 | #963 (1977) | #1,169 |
| 1980s | 877 | #913 (1984) | #993 |
| 1990s | 1,325 | #867 (1998) | #962 |
| 2000s | 2,349 | #738 (2009) | #813 |
| 2010s | 3,142 | #694 (2019) | #748 |
| 2020s | 2,698 | #586 (2023) | #622 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Samir in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 357,020 of them was named Samir, which outranked 14.2% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,711 names at #16,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 5,791 of them was named Samir, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).