Feminine dossier · first seen 1979
Samiya
Stable Decline
Gradual decline from 2011
Peak era
2011
Peak births
264
Current vitality
Rare
Peak generation
Gen Z
Quick answers about Samiya
How many people are named Samiya?
An estimated 4,047 living Americans are named Samiya.
How rare is Samiya?
Samiya is uncommon among babies today, with 84 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 68.2% from its 2011 peak.
How old is the typical Samiya?
The median age of a living American named Samiya is approximately 15 years, with most bearers falling between 10 and 19 years old.
Is Samiya still popular?
Not especially. Samiya has been declining since its 2011 peak and registered 84 births in 2025.
Where is Samiya most common?
Samiya has its strongest geographic signal in South Carolina, where it appears 2.8× more often than the national baseline.
1979Peak 20112025
Peak year
2011
Decline from peak
68.2%
2025
84
All-time
4,096
Where it lives now
Samiya is most concentrated in South Carolina — about 2.8× the national rate in the 2010s. It also runs high in Minnesota.
States where Samiya is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.