Samiyah

Meaning: High, exalted
Origin: Variant of Sami (from Arabic)

Girl's name · #1650 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Samiyah's best rank, #789, came in 2011; it has settled back to #1650 today. Roughly 5,300 girls have been named Samiyah since 1982.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Samiyahs

Samiyah Hassan Nour — Djibouti athlete (born 1999)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Samiya (#2212) and Samia (#2478), Samiyah would rank around #925 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 44/30/26 across Samiyah, Samiya, and Samia.

Similar names: Samiya · Leilah · Sama · Amiah · Ailyn · Saniyah

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