Sameen
Sameen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sameen Gul, Pakistani cricketer Sameen Kandanearachchi, Sri Lankan cricketer
Meaning & Origin of Sameen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sameen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sameen Gul, Pakistani cricketer Sameen Kandanearachchi, Sri Lankan cricketer
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The Story of Sameen
As a girl name
Sameen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1990, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 12 births, good for #8,597 nationwide. About 36% of every Sameen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Sameen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 137 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Sameen as a boy name dates back to 1995, when 5 babies received it. 1995 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Sameen — #8,866 in the national rankings. Sameen last appeared in the published SSA data in 1997, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sameen
Sameen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 137 births in the dataset. Sameen's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #8,597. Use the chart and map above to compare Sameen'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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