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Samia

Girl's name · #2478 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Samia reached #1545 in 2005 and has eased to #2478 since. About 3,600 girls have carried it since 1951.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#944 in Ecuador (2025) · #999 in Austria (2025) · #1,102 in Italy (2024) · #1,247 in France (2025) · #1,289 in Belgium (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,577 in Canada (2025) · #2,605 in England & Wales (2025) · #806 in Scotland (2015) · #1,315 in Slovakia (2013) · #937 in Ireland (2011).

Famous Samias

• Samia Suluhu Hassan — President of Tanzania since 2021 (born 1960)
• Samia Finnerty — American musician (born 1996)
• Samia Longchambon — English television actress (born 1982)
• Samia Nkrumah — Ghanaian journalist and politician (born 1960)
• Samia Yusuf Omar — Somali athlete (1991–2012)

In stories & tradition

• Samia — Naiad

What Samias become

Among 120 notable people named Samia:

Entertainers appear 1.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dancer and actress (1924–1994).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Samiyah (#1650) and Samiya (#2212), Samia would rank around #925 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 44/30/26 across Samiyah, Samiya, and Samia.

Similar names: Samiya · Iman · Samirah · Tamia · Aleigha · Sahara

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