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 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#162 · 1 in 559
- New Jersey#336 · 1 in 1,805
- New York#384 · 1 in 2,222
- Pennsylvania#497 · 1 in 3,117
- Maryland#554 · 1 in 3,445
Best ever in a state: #108 in District of Columbia, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #162 | 8 | 1 in 559 |
| New Jersey | #336 | 23 | 1 in 1,805 |
| New York | #384 | 45 | 1 in 2,222 |
| Pennsylvania | #497 | 19 | 1 in 3,117 |
| Maryland | #554 | 8 | 1 in 3,445 |
| Georgia | #567 | 15 | 1 in 3,585 |
| Ohio | #587 | 15 | 1 in 3,955 |
| South Carolina | #588 | 6 | 1 in 3,534 |
| North Carolina | #609 | 13 | 1 in 3,998 |
| Minnesota | #647 | 7 | 1 in 3,999 |
| Illinois | #715 | 13 | 1 in 4,936 |
| Florida | #758 | 17 | 1 in 5,761 |
| Michigan | #819 | 8 | 1 in 5,968 |
| Tennessee | #926 | 5 | 1 in 7,240 |
| California | #927 | 25 | 1 in 8,947 |
| Washington | #955 | 5 | 1 in 7,407 |
| Virginia | #969 | 5 | 1 in 8,323 |
| Texas | #978 | 21 | 1 in 8,820 |
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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 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 6,284 of them was named Samir, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).