Fun Facts About the Name Sama
- More than 1 thousand babies named Sama: U.S. records list 1,817 babies given the name Sama from 1880 through 2025. Even 6 boys received the name Sama - about 1 boy for every 302 girls.
What Does the Name Sama Mean?
Sama is an Arabic feminine given name meaning "sky" or "heaven." It comes from the Arabic noun samāʾ (سَمَاء), "sky, heaven." The same root, s-m-w, yields the verb samā, "to rise, to be high," and the noun sumuww, "elevation, loftiness," so the name carries both the concrete sense of the sky overhead and the related idea of height or exaltedness. The Turkish given name Sema is a related form of the same Arabic word. Other words that happen to look similar, such as Sanskrit sama ("equal, same") and śama ("peace, calm"), come from unrelated languages and are not the source of the Arabic name.
Sama Name History & Origins
In Arabic, samāʾ is the ordinary noun for the sky and for heaven, and it appears throughout the Qur'an, where the plural samāwāt is used for the heavens. The given name Sama is taken directly from this common noun rather than from a separate root, and it is used as a girl's name in Arabic-speaking countries and in other Muslim communities. Because it is a word name, its popularity as a personal name is not tied to a single historical figure or event.
The Turkish name Sema descends from the same Arabic word and is used in Turkey. It should not be confused with Turkish sema, the Mevlevi Sufi ceremony of listening to music and turning, which derives from a different Arabic noun, samāʿ, "hearing, listening." That ritual term and the personal name share letters in English spelling but not a meaning.
How Popular is the Name Sama?
Sama has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,221 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,221 | 186 | 0.0116% |
| 2024 | #1,384 | 163 | 0.0101% |
| 2023 | #1,770 | 116 | 0.0072% |
| 2022 | #1,717 | 122 | 0.0074% |
| 2021 | #1,813 | 112 | 0.0068% |
| 2020 | #2,188 | 83 | 0.0051% |
| 2019 | #1,965 | 99 | 0.0059% |
| 2018 | #2,294 | 80 | 0.0047% |
| 2017 | #1,987 | 100 | 0.0058% |
| 2016 | #2,264 | 85 | 0.0048% |
| 2015 | #2,802 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2014 | #2,386 | 77 | 0.0043% |
| 2013 | #2,723 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2012 | #3,084 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2011 | #3,448 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #3,195 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2009 | #4,461 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2008 | #4,624 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #4,648 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2006 | #5,070 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #5,964 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #5,048 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2003 | #4,788 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #6,640 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #8,638 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,447 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #10,172 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #5,757 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #11,827 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #13,031 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #11,521 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #11,238 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #11,446 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,624 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,756 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Sama Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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