How Many People Are Named Samir?
people named Samir are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 31,301 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,163 babies named Samir in Social Security records from 1957 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
493 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Azerbaijani form of SAMIR (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Samir, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Samir alive today is about 17 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Samir first appears in the records in 1957 and was given most often in 2023, to 493 babies. In 2025, 434 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1957 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Samir has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #586, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #643.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #643 |
| Best rank | #586 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #753 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Samir alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Samir were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,270 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Samir was given 3.5 times as often in New Jersey, 3.3 times in District of Columbia and 3.1 times in Pennsylvania.
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