Samiya

Meaning: High, exalted
Origin: Arabic — Feminine form of Sami

Girl's name · #2212 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Samiya's best rank, #973, came in 2011; it has settled back to #2212 today. Roughly 4,100 girls have been named Samiya since 1979.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,809 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,730 in Canada (2025) · #6,732 in France (2025) · #887 in Sweden (2024) · #1,786 in Austria (2024) · #1,047 in Belgium (2023) · #21,508 in Italy (2022) · #5,404 in Ecuador (1969).

Famous Samiyas

Samiya Mumtaz — Pakistani actress (born 1970)
Samiya Bashir — American writer (born 1970)
Samiya Imad Farooqui — Indian badminton player (born 2003)
Samiya Mehrez — Egyptian academic (born 1955)
Samiya Rafiq — Pakistani elite trekker (born 1988)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Samiyah (#1650) and Samia (#2478), Samiya would rank around #925 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 44/30/26 across Samiyah, Samiya, and Samia.

Similar names: Samia · Lailah · Samirah · Kamiya · Raniyah · Saniya

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