babyNamedSamia
“exalted, sublime”
Girl’s name, of Arabic origin. Lire en français
- most given girl’s name in France
- 1,064th
- births in 2023–2025
- 110
- babies born in France
- 1 in 16,667
- −6.8% a year recently
- Falling
- record year (since 1900)
- 1977
Meaning and origin of Samia
Samia means “exalted, sublime” and is of Arabic origin.
Popularity of Samia in France since 1986
- Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1977.
- Over recent years, Samia has been falling (−6.8% a year).
- In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Samia every 56 schools, all spellings combined.
Samia in English-speaking countries
- United StatesSSA · 2023-25
201 babies in 3 years1 girl in 24,040−6% a year
- England and WalesONS · 2023-25
26 babies in 3 years1 girl in 29,532
Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Ontario (Canada), British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.
Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.
Same sound, other spellings
Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.
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