Samira

“Breeze; wind (Sanskrit); or entertaining companion (Arabic)” — Sanskrit/Arabic origin

Girl's name · #723 in the US (2025) · Trending

Samira is climbing: on the charts since 1961, it reached #723 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 390 girls given the name last year. Roughly 8,900 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variant Samirah (#2562), Samira would rank around #637 with about 460 births last year — the newborns split about 85/15 between Samira and Samirah.

Around the world: about 1 in 400 girls in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 2,100 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Samiras

Samira Said — Moroccan actress and singer
Samira Efendi — Azerbaijani singer
Samira Wiley — American actor and model
Samira Makhmalbaf — Iranian film director and screenwriter
Samira Tawfiq — musical artist

In stories & tradition

Samira Mohan — The Pitt
Samira — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Samira Adin — General Hospital

What Samiras become

Among 277 notable people named Samira:

Entertainers appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Samira Said, Moroccan actress and singer.

Similar names: Zhamira · Noor · Zaira · Meera · Khadija · Zainab

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