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How popular is the name Samir?
Births per year, rank history and how many Samirs are alive today.
Samir (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 873rd in 2025 with 36 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2004, when 91 babies were given the name, the 328th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1042 in 2017 before climbing back to the 873rd place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Samir you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Samirs born in England and Wales are between 13 and 28, and there are at least 1,800 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 Samir - on average, only one in every 169 such rooms contains a Samir.
How many babies are named Samir each year?
Where does Samir rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Samir most popular?
Samir peaked in 2004, when 91 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Samir?
At least 1,800 people named Samir born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Samir?
Most living Samirs are between 13 and 28; the most common age is about 23.
Is Samir becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.