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

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Peak · boys
2023 · 488 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,094
since 1957

Samir over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Samir has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971boysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#643434
2024#589486
2023#15,1945#586488
2022#592483
2021#676394
2020#648413
2019#15,5395#694362
2018#732326
2017#719335
2016#785302
2015#16,4195#736331
2014#758310
2013#11,9698#774290
2012#761301
2011#12,1538#717319
2010#16,9925#806266
2009#15,2426#738315
2008#846255
2007#17,6365#832257
2006#17,1685#832244
2005#786247
2004#16,0995#811222
2003#8,50512#800217
2002#839198
2001#818201
2000#829193
1999#913164
1998#867167
1997#922147
1996#1,011123
1995#1,022118
1994#976128
1993#1,042112
1992#967124
1991#967121
1990#937121
1989#1,002104
1988#1,00394
1987#97494
1986#1,09473
1985#91798
1984#91393
1983#98780
1982#94390
1981#1,13365
1980#96786
1979#1,00179
1978#98377
1977#96379
1976#1,23849
1975#1,09459
1974#1,07359
1973#1,17649
1972#1,34839
1971#1,46634
1970#1,35138
1969#1,23141
1968#2,10915
1967#1,90617
1966#2,32712
1965#2,61710
1964#2,40912
1963#2,8589
1962#3,0418
1961#3,3567
1960#4,0385
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First appearance
1957

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.

See more about Samir
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2023 at #586 (488 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,505
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.3% of all boys named Samir (3,142) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993
1960s136#1,231 (1969)#2,589
1970s562#963 (1977)#1,169
1980s877#913 (1984)#993
1990s1,325#867 (1998)#962
2000s2,349#738 (2009)#813
2010s3,142#694 (2019)#748
2020s2,698#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 1971

boys
#1,466
34 births · 1 in 52,013 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #1,466Samir34
More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 52,013 of them was named Samir, which outranked 74.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Samir
  1. #1,441Santo35
  2. #1,441Trampas35
  3. #1,441Vern35
  4. #1,466Samir34
  5. #1,466Bertrand34
  6. #1,466Candido34
  7. #1,466Christen34
  8. #1,494Arne33
  9. #1,494Camilo33
  10. #1,494Christina33

Tied with 27 names at #1,466; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971