Samirah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Samirah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #933 in 2003, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#933highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1074
1998	#1259
1999	#1216
2000	#1313
2001	#1063
2002	#962
2003	#933
2004	#1158
2005	#1121
2006	#1325
2007	#1337
2008	#1718
2009	#1365
2010	#1653
2011	#2893
2012	#1893
2013	#3160
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#2966
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#2458
2020	#2615
2021	#3192
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

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 · Girls

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

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 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
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #933 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Samirah 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 Samirah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	199	10 of 10	20
2010s	88	10 of 10	9
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Samirah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #933 in England and Wales in 2003.

Samirah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1893	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1337	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1325	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#933	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#962	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1259	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #933, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

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

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200325 to 49 births →

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.

Samir · #275, 65y
Samira · #228, 64y
Samiul · #1113, 27y
Samiya · #761, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Leopold · #932, 28y
Aryaan · #935, 24y
Amaal · #936, 27y
Nailah · #936, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Leopold · #932, 28y
Aryaan · #935, 24y
Amaal · #936, 27y
Nailah · #936, 29y

Samirah was ranked #933 in England and Wales · Girls in 2003. 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.

Samirah 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 Samirah without appearing here.

Samirah moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Samirah

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3192 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1863.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Samirah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Samirah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samirah went from #1522 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #933 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samirah

Samirah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samirah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samirah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Samirah and the names beside it

Samirah moved ahead of

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Samirah at a glance

Samirah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samirah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Samirah

Samirah and the names beside it

Samirah moved ahead of

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