Samia
Samia, also spelt Samiya is both a feminine given name and a surname. It is often derived from the Arabic: سامية sāmiyah.
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Samia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samia, also spelt Samiya is both a feminine given name and a surname. It is often derived from the Arabic: سامية sāmiyah.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Bengali
- Urdu
The Story of Samia
The earliest SSA record of Samia as a baby girl name dates back to 1951, when 6 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 140 newborns named Samia — #1,552 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Samia on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Samia ranks #2,926 for baby girls with 57 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Samia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Samia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Samia
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About the name Samia
Samia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1951 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Samia's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #1,539. Use the chart and map above to compare Samia'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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