Samiya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Samiya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #761 in 2002, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#761highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#1364
1997	#1074
1998	#955
1999	#928
2000	#876
2001	#898
2002	#761
2003	#799
2004	#804
2005	#790
2006	#928
2007	#987
2008	#916
2009	#916
2010	#1218
2011	#1489
2012	#1342
2013	#1433
2014	#1702
2015	#1362
2016	#1635
2017	#1817
2018	#2187
2019	#2643
2020	#2449
2021	#2942
2022	#2673
2023	#4056
2024	#3015

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 every year 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 #1364 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: #761 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Samiya 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 Samiya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	76	4 of 10	19
2000sbusiest	318	10 of 10	32
2010s	189	10 of 10	19
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

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

Samiya 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: #761 in England and Wales in 2002.

Samiya'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1702	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1218	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#916	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#916	35	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#987	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#928	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#790	36	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#804	34	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#876	25	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#928	23	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#955	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	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 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #761, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
36births registered in its largest year, 200525 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.

Samirah · #933, 28y
Samiul · #1113, 27y
Samiyah · #822, 27y
Sammie · #1434, 22y

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.

Naveed · #761, 25y
Nimrah · #761, 27y
Saeed · #761, 29y
Akira · #760, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Naveed · #761, 25y
Nimrah · #761, 27y
Saeed · #761, 29y
Akira · #760, 29y

Samiya was ranked #761 in England and Wales · Girls in 2002. 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.

Samiya 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 Samiya without appearing here.

Samiya moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Denise Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Samiya

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #1959.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1286.
Diane Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2673 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Samiya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Samiya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiya went from #1364 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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: #761 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samiya

Samiya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samiya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Samiya at a glance

Samiya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samiya 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 Samiya

Samiya and the names beside it

Samiya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Samiya

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