Samir

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Samir: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Samir: Recorded since 1957, it reached #275 in 1964, and it stood at #518 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#275highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#414
1997	#455
1998	#419
1999	#387
2000	#436
2001	#370
2002	#361
2003	#381
2004	#328
2005	#493
2006	#453
2007	#622
2008	#557
2009	#524
2010	#491
2011	#537
2012	#592
2013	#788
2014	#574
2015	#671
2016	#790
2017	#1042
2018	#763
2019	#825
2020	#898
2021	#907
2022	#878
2023	#965
2024	#898

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 57 of the 69 years from 1957 to 2025.

In 2024: #619 among boys in Scotland, #898 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1957–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #445 among boys in Norway in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1957–2025
Highest recorded position: #275 among boys in Norway, in 1964 (recorded 1957–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #518 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Samir appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 57 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 507 births with the name.

Samir across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Samir's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#445 (1957)	#275 (1964)	#518 (2025)	57 of 69	507 (1957–2025)	15 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#414 (1996)	#328 (2004)	#898 (2024)	29 of 29	1,505 (1996–2024)	91 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2003)	#423 (2003)	#552 (2021)	10 of 19	42 (2003–2021)	7 (2015)

Samir by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Samir in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	80	8 of 10	10
1970sbusiest	128	10 of 10	13
1980s	101	10 of 10	10
1990s	61	9 of 10	7
2000s	53	8 of 10	7
2010s	70	9 of 10	8
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Samir appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 1964.

Samir's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#898	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#763	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#671	51	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#574	62	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#592	59	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#537	65	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#491	72	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#524	66	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#557	59	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#622	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#453	71	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#493	56	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#328	91	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#381	69	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#361	68	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#370	65	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#436	48	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#387	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#419	51	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#455	43	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#414	50	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#410	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#412	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#431	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#505	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#363	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#558	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#470	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#417	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#571	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#463	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#448	7	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#452	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#430	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#460	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#406	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#591	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#414	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#385	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#452	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#549	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#383	12	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#475	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#397	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#375	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#389	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#414	10	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#346	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#371	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#383	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#345	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#310	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#304	15	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#318	14	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#346	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#332	12	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#476	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#315	12	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#368	10	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#275	14	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#295	12	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#491	4	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#445	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1957 and 2025, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #275, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 67 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Samia · #571, 29y
Samiha · #630, 29y
Samira · #228, 64y
Samirah · #933, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Manuel · #269, 67y
Cristina · #260, 62y
Osman · #256, 70y
Francisco · #253, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Reza · #276, 60y
Ilona · #277, 61y
Urszula · #273, 43y
Jørg · #278, 24y

Samir was ranked #275 in Norway · Boys in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Samir and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Samir without appearing here.

Samir moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1042 and #1021 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #763 and #1324.
Darren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1042 and #806 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #763 and #1097.
Calum Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1042 and #719 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #763 and #1040.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #622 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #557 and #789.

Moved ahead of Samir

Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #414 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #591 and #231.
Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #790 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1042 and #709.
Phillip Compare
In 1999 they stood at #463 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #571 and #254.
Jan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #453 and #472 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #622 and #376.

Moved the opposite way to Samir

Marcus Compare
Between 1963 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Samir went from #295 to #518 while Marcus went from #399 to #150.
Max Compare
Between 1963 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Samir went from #295 to #518 while Max went from #489 to #72.
Colin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Samir went from #275 to #518 while Colin went from #449 to #119.
Levi Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Samir went from #275 to #518 while Levi went from #510 to #86.

Moved the same way as Samir

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samir went from #414 to #898 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samir went from #414 to #898 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samir went from #414 to #898 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samir went from #414 to #898 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1957 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samir

Samir at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samir across 3 official records

Samir by decade in Norway · Boys

Samir appears in

Popularity data

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Samir moved ahead of

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Samir at a glance

Samir across 3 official records

Samir by decade in Norway · Boys

Samir appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Samir

Samir and the names beside it

Samir moved ahead of

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