Samaa
Samaa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Samaa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samaa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Samaa
The earliest SSA record of Samaa as a baby girl name dates back to 1998, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Samaa — #8,443 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Samaa on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Samaa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 169 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Samaa
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Samaa. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Samaa
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About the name Samaa
Samaa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 169 births in the dataset. Samaa's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,443. Use the chart and map above to compare Samaa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.