Samir
- Pronunciation
- [Sa-mir]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Entertaining Companion
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Samir
Samir is a name of Arabic origin meaning "entertaining companion" — one who keeps pleasant company through evening conversation. It captures a warm, social ideal: the friend whose talk delights and whose presence is welcome. With its smooth, two-syllable rhythm and gentle stress, the name sounds both elegant and approachable, and it is widely cherished across the Arab world and beyond, carrying a sense of conviviality wherever it travels.
The name's appeal lies in that inviting meaning paired with a clean, melodic sound that crosses languages easily. It feels at once distinctive and familiar, and its emphasis on companionship and warmth gives it a tender, people-centered character that many parents find especially meaningful — a name about friendship, charm, and good company.
Samir first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2000 and has remained in the rankings every year since, reaching its peak in 2023 at rank #586. It held strong in 2024 at #590, having stood at #592 in 2022, and across its long run it has been given to roughly 7,753 boys. That steady, gently rising trajectory marks Samir as an enduring favorite — a warm, internationally beloved choice with deep Arabic roots and a meaning rooted in friendship and good company that has helped it stay quietly in fashion for a quarter-century.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Samir
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Samir by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 488 boys named Samir (boy rank #586 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #643 for boys (434 US births). That's 57 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Samir Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Samir the strongest states are District of Columbia, Connecticut, New York.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | #203 | 51 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #366 | 43 |
| 3 | New York | #400 | 393 |
| 4 | Maryland | #451 | 111 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #456 | 159 |
| 6 | Virginia | #470 | 138 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | #503 | 182 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #534 | 165 |
| 9 | Florida | #543 | 300 |
| 10 | South Carolina | #549 | 74 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Samir in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Samir against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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