Fun Facts About the Name Samaira
- More than 1 thousand babies named Samaira: U.S. records list 1,658 babies given the name Samaira from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Samaira Mean?
Samaira is a feminine given name used chiefly in South Asia and in Muslim communities. It is generally treated as a form of Samira (Arabic سميرة), a name built on the Arabic root s-m-r, which has to do with the evening and the night. The noun samar means evening or night-time conversation, and the related adjective samrā' describes a dark or dusky complexion, often rendered as "brunette." The masculine counterpart is Samir (سمير). Read this way, Samaira carries the sense "companion in evening conversation." Glosses such as "enchanting" or "beautiful" that appear in some name lists are symbolic readings rather than literal translations of the Arabic root.
Samaira Name History & Origins
Samir and Samira have a long history in Arabic, where samīr and samīra are the masculine and feminine forms of an adjective meaning "companion in evening talk," from the same root that yields samar (evening conversation). Samira is used across the Arabic-speaking world and, through Persian and Muslim cultural influence, in South Asia as well.
Samaira is a later spelling within this family of names, with the -ai- reflecting how the name is written and sounded outside Arabic. It is sometimes also linked to the separate name Samara, which has its own unrelated origins (among them Hebrew shomera, "guardian," and the Russian city of Samara), but Samaira and Samara are best kept distinct. Because spelling variants of the name have been written loosely, pinpointing when the form Samaira first appeared in writing is difficult.
How Popular is the Name Samaira?
Samaira 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 2020. Its best rank was #1,702 in 2020.
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 | #2,059 | 92 | 0.0057% |
| 2024 | #2,225 | 85 | 0.0053% |
| 2023 | #2,459 | 73 | 0.0046% |
| 2022 | #1,988 | 99 | 0.0060% |
| 2021 | #1,814 | 112 | 0.0068% |
| 2020 | #1,702 | 120 | 0.0074% |
| 2019 | #1,754 | 118 | 0.0070% |
| 2018 | #1,876 | 108 | 0.0064% |
| 2017 | #2,266 | 83 | 0.0048% |
| 2016 | #2,361 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 2015 | #2,377 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2014 | #2,387 | 77 | 0.0043% |
| 2013 | #2,527 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2012 | #2,729 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 2011 | #2,833 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2010 | #3,507 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2009 | #4,088 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2008 | #3,770 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2007 | #3,712 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 2006 | #4,247 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2005 | #4,468 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2004 | #6,167 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #7,923 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #13,353 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,844 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #14,665 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #7,626 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #9,943 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #11,828 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #13,131 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #11,520 | 7 | 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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