Recorded 1957–2025 · United States
Samir was most popular in 2023, when 493 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,182 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,299, with 434 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 11,163 people named Samir.
Samir first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1957, which makes it about 68 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 67 of the 69 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 11,163 American births named Samir between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 10,917 are estimated to be alive today.
434 American babies were named Samir in 2025, ranking #1,299 that year.
Samir is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 458 births a year, against 314 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +46% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Samir is a boy’s name — 0.6% of the 11,163 Americans given it were girls and 99.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 10,917 Americans named Samir are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 7 and 27.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org