Samer

maleStatistical record

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

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

Samer: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,949 in 2001, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1949highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 1998

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 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 #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1949 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Samer 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 Samer in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000s	40	8 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	33	6 of 10	6
2020s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Samer 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: #1949 in England and Wales in 2001.

Samer'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,949, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 8 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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

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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.

Mansur · #1949, 18y
Osher · #1949, 22y
Othman · #1949, 24y
Minerva · #1948, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Faiyaz · #1949, 13y
Jaan · #1949, 10y
Mansur · #1949, 18y
Osher · #1949, 22y

Samer 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 Samer without appearing here.

Samer moved ahead of

Kerry Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3009 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #4678.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3227 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #2400 and #3865.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3449 and #4812.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Samer

Aksel Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #1902.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Daithi Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3013 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #3334.
Isak Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #2941 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2613.

Moved the opposite way to Samer

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Samer

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Samer went from #2863 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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: #1949 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samer

Samer at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Samer appears in

Popularity data

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Samer at a glance

Samer by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Samer appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Samer and the names beside it

Samer moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Samer

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