Samya
Samya was the 5076th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 1121st with 232 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,082 places. More babies were named Samya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,076 girls, down 1,246 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 26girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2007232 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,854babies recorded
Samya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,076 | 26 |
| 2020 | #3,830 | 38 |
| 2010 | #1,453 | 156 |
| 2000 | #2,702 | 55 |
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How popular is Samya, counting every spelling?
Samya is the most common spelling of a name family that had 39 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 39 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samya | 26 | #5,076 | 158 |
| Samyah | 13 | #8,264 | 71 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Samya?
26 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Samya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Samya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 323 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Samya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Samya?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Samya are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 14 and 21. That makes Samya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Samya by state
How common Samya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Samya
How popular is the name Samya?
Samya was the 5076th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 26 babies. Its best year was 2007, when it ranked 1121st with 232 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,082 places. More babies were named Samya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Samya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Samya in the US.
Where is Samya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Samya was most common in Ohio (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.