Samaira
Samaira is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Samaira Mehta, American coder and inventor Samaira Rao, Indian actress
Meaning & Origin of Samaira
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samaira is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Samaira Mehta, American coder and inventor Samaira Rao, Indian actress
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The Story of Samaira
Samaira first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1993, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 120 Samairas were born — ranking #1,697 that year. As of 2026, Samaira ranks #2,541 for baby girls with 70 births, falling sharply (-26%). In total, more than 2K Samairas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Samaira
Samaira is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Samaira's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #1,697. Use the chart and map above to compare Samaira'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 .
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