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How popular is the name Sameer?

Births per year, rank history and how many Sameers are alive today.

Sameer (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 105 babies were given the name, the 304th most popular that year. It has declined since 2005; the 2025 figure is roughly 16% of its peak.

The Sameer you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Sameers born in England and Wales are between 16 and 26, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sameer - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Sameer.

How many babies are named Sameer each year?

050100200020201996: 281997: 351998: 331999: 452000: 582001: 922002: 812003: 852004: 912005: 1052006: 922007: 592008: 642009: 522010: 612011: 402012: 472013: 362014: 222015: 272016: 252017: 142018: 132019: 172020: 172021: 112022: 92023: 142024: 122025: 17actual

Where does Sameer rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 5881997: ranked 5221998: ranked 5541999: ranked 4672000: ranked 3882001: ranked 2972002: ranked 3252003: ranked 3262004: ranked 3282005: ranked 3042006: ranked 3702007: ranked 5322008: ranked 5272009: ranked 6172010: ranked 5602011: ranked 7672012: ranked 7042013: ranked 8372014: ranked 1,1782015: ranked 1,0462016: ranked 1,1232017: ranked 1,7032018: ranked 1,7862019: ranked 1,4392020: ranked 1,4312021: ranked 1,9842022: ranked 2,3212023: ranked 1,7012024: ranked 1,9522025: ranked 1,538

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Sameer per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 105 in 2005
Sameer: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Sameer most popular?

Sameer peaked in 2005, when 105 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Sameer?

At least 1,400 people named Sameer born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Sameer?

Most living Sameers are between 16 and 26; the most common age is about 21.

Is Sameer becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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