How popular is the name Samiyah?

Samiyah ranks 1,485th among girls' names in US records, with 9,142 births since 1979. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,041.

Is Samiyah a unisex name?

No. Samiyah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2011, when 606 children were given the name. It has been in use for 46 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Samiya, Samija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,485 of girl names

Pronounced S AE1 M IY0 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Samiyah is a girls' name, and first appears in 1979. It has been given to 9,142 children — the 1,485th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 36% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2011, when 606 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Samiya and Samija — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Samiyah and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Samiyah?: Samiyah ranks 1,485th among girls' names in US records, with 9,142 births since 1979. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,041.
Is Samiyah a unisex name?: No. Samiyah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Samiyah most popular?: 2011, when 606 children were given the name. It has been in use for 46 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Samiyah spelled?: Samiya, Samija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.