Samay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Samay: Recorded since 2003, it reached #2,282 in 2006, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2282highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2004	#2304
2005	#2754
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2009	#2837
2010	#3332
2011	#4647
2014	#2690
2016	#4810
2017	#3040
2018	#3011
2021	#3451
2024	#3254

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Samay by decade in England and Wales · 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 Samay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	31	6 of 10	5
2010s	30	6 of 10	5
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Samay 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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2282 in England and Wales in 2006.

Samay'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	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 2003 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,282, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 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.

Samarah · #1774, 23y
Samarth · #1108, 21y
Samaya · #2781, 21y
Sameeha · #925, 27y

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.

Haashir · #2282, 15y
Prosper · #2282, 16y
Aidah · #2286, 12y
Halia · #2286, 11y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Gurjot · #2282, 23y
Haashir · #2282, 15y
Prosper · #2282, 16y
Aidah · #2286, 12y

Samay 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 Samay without appearing here.

Samay moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #2892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2690 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Samay

Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2690 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3011 and #2693.
Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Samay

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samay went from #2282 to #3254 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Samay

Nils Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samay went from #2304 to #3254 and Nils from #3009 to #4270.

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 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2282 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samay

Samay at a glance

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Popularity journey

Samay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Samay at a glance

Samay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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