Samira

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Samira: Recorded since 1961, it reached #228 in 1981, and it stood at #451 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
102times a registrar ranked it
65years from first to last
#228highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#551
1998	#619
1999	#548
2000	#506
2001	#523
2002	#421
2003	#519
2004	#410
2005	#450
2006	#475
2007	#534
2008	#515
2009	#525
2010	#576
2011	#603
2012	#768
2013	#784
2014	#920
2015	#984
2016	#782
2017	#933
2018	#1059
2019	#996
2020	#821
2021	#840
2022	#982
2023	#1087
2024	#1230

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 Norway in 60 of the 65 years from 1961 to 2025.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1230 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1961–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #458 among girls in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1961–2025
Highest recorded position: #228 among girls in Norway, in 1981 (recorded 1961–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #451 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Samira appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 60 years beginning in 1961, and has registered 638 births with the name.

Samira across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Samira's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#458 (1961)	#228 (1981)	#451 (2025)	60 of 65	638 (1961–2025)	22 (1981)
England and Wales · Girls	#643 (1996)	#410 (2004)	#1230 (2024)	29 of 29	1,546 (1996–2024)	89 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#392 (1999)	#392 (1999)	#898 (2024)	13 of 26	50 (1999–2024)	7 (2016)

Samira by decade in Norway · 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 Samira in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	50	8 of 10	6
1970s	101	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	161	10 of 10	16
1990s	108	10 of 10	11
2000s	130	10 of 10	13
2010s	71	9 of 10	8
2020s	17	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Samira 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 3 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #228 in Norway in 1981.

Samira'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	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1087	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#982	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#821	44	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#996	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1059	33	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#933	40	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#782	50	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#984	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#920	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#784	49	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#768	51	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#603	67	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#576	69	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#525	76	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#515	75	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#534	69	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#475	81	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#450	82	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#410	89	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#519	61	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#421	77	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#523	54	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#506	57	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#548	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#619	41	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#551	47	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#451	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#461	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#429	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#467	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#456	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#567	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#539	5	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#410	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#327	15	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#405	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#462	8	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#258	21	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#314	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#338	13	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#274	17	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#286	15	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#306	14	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#511	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#382	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#415	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#416	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#334	12	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#459	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#284	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#344	12	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#468	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#448	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#346	13	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#375	12	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#309	16	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#275	19	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#290	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#284	17	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#337	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#310	15	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#275	17	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#354	12	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#228	22	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#353	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#429	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#445	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#312	14	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#363	11	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#331	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#360	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#316	13	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#488	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#420	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#418	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#469	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#337	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#577	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#449	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#392	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#489	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#479	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#458	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 3 registrars between 1961 and 2025, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #228, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 89 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 38 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.

Samiha · #630, 29y
Samir · #275, 65y
Samirah · #933, 28y
Samiul · #1113, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Adnan · #225, 65y
Said · #225, 68y
Neasa · #222, 60y
Hamid · #240, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breffni · #229, 22y
Cathrin · #229, 31y
Darach · #227, 32y
Eimer · #229, 40y

Samira was ranked #228 in Norway · Girls in 1981. 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.

Samira 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 Samira without appearing here.

Samira moved ahead of

Katrina Compare
In 2015 they stood at #984 and #891 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #782 and #1525.
Marie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1087 and #1087 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #1894.
Sinead Compare
In 2015 they stood at #984 and #722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #782 and #1241.
Tayla Compare
In 2015 they stood at #984 and #760 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #782 and #1241.

Moved ahead of Samira

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #603 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #284.
Aria Compare
In 2011 they stood at #603 and #615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #768 and #294.
Jenna Compare
In 2002 they stood at #392 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #655 and #189.
Millie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #392 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #655 and #212.

Moved the opposite way to Samira

Tara Compare
Between 1973 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Samira went from #316 to #451 while Tara went from #613 to #300.
Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Samira went from #312 to #451 while Emilie went from #500 to #16.
Torill Compare
Between 1961 and 2004 in Norway · Girls, Samira went from #458 to #274 while Torill went from #55 to #599.
Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Samira went from #275 to #451 while Abigail went from #617 to #273.

Moved the same way as Samira

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samira went from #643 to #1230 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samira went from #643 to #1230 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samira went from #643 to #1230 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samira went from #643 to #1230 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1961 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #228 in Norway in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samira

Samira at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samira across 3 official records

Samira by decade in Norway · Girls

Samira appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Samira

Samira and the names beside it

Samira moved ahead of

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Samira at a glance

Samira across 3 official records

Samira by decade in Norway · Girls

Samira appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Samira

Samira and the names beside it

Samira moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Samira

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