Sameera

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sameera: Recorded since 1996, it reached #996 in 2003, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#996highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#1072
1997	#1074
1998	#1571
1999	#1557
2000	#1058
2001	#1107
2002	#1530
2003	#996
2004	#1312
2005	#1295
2006	#1052
2007	#1656
2008	#1302
2009	#1467
2010	#1653
2011	#1545
2012	#2095
2013	#1639
2014	#2314
2015	#1961
2016	#2966
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#5591
2020	#3117
2021	#2711
2023	#4056
2024	#4843

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 #1072 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: #996 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sameera 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 Sameera in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	190	10 of 10	19
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020s	25	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Sameera 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: #996 in England and Wales in 2003.

Sameera'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1058	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1557	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	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 #996, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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 →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200625 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.

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Samer · #1949, 21y

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.

Kailan · #996, 29y
Kaydan · #996, 23y
Sabiha · #995, 29y
Zahara · #995, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kailan · #996, 29y
Sabiha · #995, 29y
Zahara · #995, 26y
Gurveer · #998, 29y

Sameera was ranked #996 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.

Sameera 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 Sameera without appearing here.

Sameera moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5591 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Geraldine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Tracey Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3985 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #4535.

Moved ahead of Sameera

Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2711 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #1863.
Janice Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #1959.
Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #3015.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2711 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2346.

Moved the opposite way to Sameera

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sameera

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sameera went from #1072 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #996 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sameera

Sameera at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sameera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sameera appears in

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Sameera at a glance

Sameera by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sameera appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sameera

Sameera and the names beside it

Sameera moved ahead of

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