Samirah
#2,542 for girls in 2025, 69 births
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 84 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,958since 1977
Samirah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Samirah has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,542 | 69 |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 |
| 2022 | #2,364 | 78 |
| 2021 | #2,674 | 64 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2017 | #2,816 | 60 |
| 2016 | #3,229 | 50 |
| 2015 | #3,059 | 55 |
| 2014 | #2,648 | 66 |
| 2013 | #2,211 | 84 |
| 2012 | #2,286 | 82 |
| 2011 | #2,664 | 66 |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 |
| 2009 | #2,510 | 75 |
| 2008 | #2,511 | 75 |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 |
| 2006 | #2,328 | 81 |
| 2005 | #2,379 | 74 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 |
| 2002 | #3,334 | 41 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 |
| 1998 | #4,023 | 28 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five girls were named Samirah! It came in at #9,652, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1978, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 388 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #2,542)
- 424 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #2,542)
- 517 spots since 2015 (#3,059 → #2,542)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2013 at #2,211 (84 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 20,890
- Highest: 1 in 20,890 girls born in 2013 were named Samirah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,294 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.9% of all girls named Samirah (663) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19 | #7,313 (1979) | #8,509 |
| 1980s | 114 | #4,840 (1988) | #6,479 |
| 1990s | 195 | #4,023 (1998) | #5,172 |
| 2000s | 597 | #2,328 (2006) | #2,903 |
| 2010s | 663 | #2,211 (2013) | #2,686 |
| 2020s | 370 | #2,364 (2022) | #2,792 |
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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