Samia

“Elevated, exalted, sublime” — Arabic (سامية, feminine of سامٍ 'high') origin

Girl's name · #2478 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Samia reached #1545 in 2005 and has eased to #2478 since. About 3,600 girls have carried it since 1951. Together with its spelling variants Samiyah (#1650) and Samiya (#2212), Samia would rank around #925 with about 280 births last year — the newborns split about 44/30/26 across Samiyah, Samiya, and Samia.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,800 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 8,100 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 8,900 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Samias

Samia Suluhu Hassan — President of Tanzania since 2021
Samia Yusuf Omar — Somali athlete (1991-2012)
Samia al-Amoudi — Saudi Arabian physician
Samia Nkrumah — Ghanaian journalist and politician
Samia Gamal — Egyptian belly dancer and actress (1924–1994)

In stories & tradition

Samia — naiad

What Samias become

Among 120 notable people named Samia:

Entertainers appear 1.72× more often than among typical names — e.g. Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dancer and actress (1924–1994).

Similar names: Samiya · Alea · Samirah · Tamia · Aleigha · Rania

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