Samaira
Feminine · “evening conversation”
Samaira is an evening's company in Arabic — samar, the talk that happens after dark — which Urdu and Hindi naming took up.
How old is the name Samaira?
Samaira first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Samaira is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,600 people named Samaira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Samaira most popular?
Samaira peaked in 2020, reaching #1698 nationally. Today it ranks #2051, 353 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From samar to Samaira
The story of Samaira
Samar in Arabic names the conversation people have after nightfall, and samir or samira is the person you have it with — a word for a specific social pleasure that English has no equivalent for. Samaira is a South Asian form and appears in Indian and Pakistani naming. It is in current American use.
Meaningscholars disagree
evening conversation, enchanting
Generally traced to the Arabic samar, 'evening conversation' or 'night talk', with samira meaning a companion in it. In South Asian use it is often glossed as 'enchanting' or 'princess', readings not supported by the Arabic. The samar root is genuine; the extended glosses are not.
How the name formed
- samar
- Samira
- Samaira
Related forms: سميرة · समायरा · Samira
Pronouncing Samaira
suh-MY-rah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Arabic Samira is sa-MEE-ra, with a different middle vowel.
Nicknames for Samaira
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most girls named
- 2020120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1698reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +8.2%92 in 2025, from 85
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Samaira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- سميرة in Arabic — related form
- समायरा in Hindi — transliteration
- Samira in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Samairas among us
people named Samaira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,470 born in 2025 was named Samaira
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carolanne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Samaira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carolanne climbed just as high around 1944, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carolanne's path sketches the road Samaira is walking now.
Samaira sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Samaira is headed
Samaira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Samaira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Samaira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Arabic has a word for after-dark conversation is a first-rate piece of vocabulary.
- Sam is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The 'princess' and 'enchanting' glosses in circulation are not supported.
- Samira and Samaira are said differently and confused constantly.
- Several transliterations are in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Samairas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Samaira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Samaira in 2025?
- Samaira ranks #2051 among US girl names in 2025, with 92 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Samaira?
- About 1 in every 17,470 US girls born in 2025 was named Samaira — 92 in all.
- Will my child share the name Samaira with classmates?
- Samaira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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