girls:
5k births since 1982
#2398 (58th percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1982
#3874 (50th percentile)
The name Samiyah is the #3,874 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,968 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 49.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,398 (58.0% percentile) for all time with 4,968 births since 1982.
Samiyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for girls in 1982). Birth data for Samiyah is available in 37 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Samiyah reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 34.9% percentile (ranked #612) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 176 births per million (ranked 34.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Samiyah ranks #830 for girls (12.4% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 39.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Samiyah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Samiyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.9% confident that Samiyah is pronounced as suh-MEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-MEE-uh, at 35.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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