Samiyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Samiyah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #822 in 2002, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#822highest 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	#1646
1997	#2152
1998	#1319
1999	#1107
2000	#1250
2001	#1359
2002	#822
2003	#1056
2004	#1158
2005	#990
2006	#1386
2007	#1160
2008	#1718
2009	#1467
2010	#1584
2011	#2893
2012	#3285
2013	#2062
2014	#2464
2015	#2070
2016	#3214
2017	#3583
2018	#2901
2019	#5591
2021	#4634
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 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 #1646 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: #822 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Samiyah 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 Samiyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	49	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	202	10 of 10	20
2010s	93	10 of 10	9
2020s	15	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Samiyah 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: #822 in England and Wales in 2002.

Samiyah'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1467	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1160	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#822	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1359	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	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 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #822, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

Its record falls into 3 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 →
24 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 200225 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.

Samiul · #1113, 27y
Samiya · #761, 29y
Sammie · #1434, 22y
Sammy · #326, 31y

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.

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Missy · #821, 26y
Sumayya · #821, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Asmaa · #821, 29y
Ebonie · #821, 29y
Jasleen · #821, 29y
Missy · #821, 26y

Samiyah was ranked #822 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.

Samiyah 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 Samiyah without appearing here.

Samiyah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #5691.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4634 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Samiyah

Diane Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Linnea Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Karin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #3541.
Rita Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1584 and #1653 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2893 and #1067.

Moved the opposite way to Samiyah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Samiyah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Samiyah went from #1646 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #822 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Samiyah

Samiyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Samiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samiyah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Samiyah at a glance

Samiyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Samiyah 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 Samiyah

Samiyah and the names beside it

Samiyah moved ahead of

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