Samiya

“High, elevated” — Arabic origin

Girl's name · #2212 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Samiya's best rank, #973, came in 2011; it has settled back to #2212 today. Roughly 4,100 girls have been named Samiya since 1979. Together with its spelling variants Samiyah (#1650) and Samia (#2478), Samiya 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 16,000 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Samiyas

Samiya Mumtaz — Pakistani actress
Samiya Imad Farooqui — Indian badminton player
Samiya Bashir — American writer
Samiya Mehrez — Egyptian academic
Samiya Rafiq — Pakistani Trekker

Similar names: Samia · Lailah · Samirah · Kamiya · Raniyah · Saniya

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