Samaira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Samaira: Recorded since 1996, it reached #834 in 2020, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#834highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2746
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2004	#2802
2005	#2682
2006	#2781
2007	#3218
2008	#2721
2009	#2326
2010	#2235
2011	#1545
2012	#1428
2013	#1774
2014	#2203
2015	#2328
2016	#2367
2017	#1817
2018	#1343
2019	#1703
2020	#1313
2021	#1259
2022	#1556
2023	#1705
2024	#2000

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1313 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Samaira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Samaira in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	56	9 of 10	6
2010s	159	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	100	5 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Samaira 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Samaira'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	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1259	26	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1343	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1428	22	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #834, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 24 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.

Samaa · #1865, 18y
Samah · #909, 29y
Samanta · #252, 30y
Samantha · #3, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aiya · #834, 23y
Carlotta · #834, 29y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Lilliana · #834, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aiya · #834, 23y
Carlotta · #834, 29y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Lilliana · #834, 27y

Samaira was ranked #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. 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.

Samaira 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 Samaira without appearing here.

Samaira moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2326 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3218 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1343 and #4684.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3218 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Samaira

Frida Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2746 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #3594 and #2727.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1343 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #1063.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1774 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2203 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1259 and #1286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1556 and #1142.

Moved the opposite way to Samaira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Samaira

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samaira went from #3795 to #2000 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samaira

Samaira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samaira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Samaira at a glance

Samaira by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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