Samiya
Samia, also spelt Samiya is both a feminine given name and a surname. It is often derived from the Arabic: سامية sāmiyah.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Samiya
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
The Story of Samiya
Samiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 264 births, good for #969 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 43% of all recorded Samiyas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,072 among baby girl names with 94 births, falling sharply (-18%). In total, more than 4K Samiyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Samiya
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About the name Samiya
Samiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Samiya's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #969. Use the chart and map above to compare Samiya'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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