Samir
Top 1000
About Samir
Samir has a pleasing sound and lovely meaning. One of those distinctive names that can also fit right in—and you could always call him Sam.
Pronounced sah-MEER.
As of October 2026, Samir ranked #643 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #586 in 2023, Nameberry popularity #945.
Editor's take: The name Samir is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "a friend to talk with in the evening".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #759 | 310 | 161.4 |
| 2015 | #737 | 331 | 172.7 |
| 2016 | #787 | 302 | 159.1 |
| 2017 | #720 | 335 | 181 |
| 2018 | #734 | 326 | 179.5 |
| 2019 | #695 | 362 | 201.8 |
| 2020 | #649 | 413 | 239.3 |
| 2021 | #677 | 394 | 225.2 |
| 2022 | #592 | 483 | 276.6 |
| 2023 | #586 | 488 | 285.3 |
| 2024 | #590 | 484 | 280.9 |
| 2025 | #643 | 434 | 254.1 |
World rankings
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Samir on lists
Famous Samirs
- Samir Amin
Egyptian Marxian economist & professor
- Samir Ayass
Arab,Bulgarian football midfielder
- Samir Barac
Croatian water,polo player (2000, '04, '08 & '12 Olympics)
- Samir Bekric
Bosnian professional footballer
- Samir Chanda (1957
2011), Indian film director
- Samir Dilou
Tunisian politician & Minister of Human Rights
- Samir El
Khadem, former Commander of the Lebanese Naval Forces
- Samir Elmesirri
award,winning Egyptian artist
- Samir Fazlagic
Bosnian,Norwegian football player
- Samir Frangieh
Lebanese politician & leftist intellectual
- Samir Garcia
Honduran footballer
- Samir Handanovic
Bosnian,Slovenian goalkeeper
- Samir Hassaniyeh
Sierra Leonean civil rights activist
- Samir Javadzadeh
Azerbaijani pop singer
- Samir Kafity
Anglican Bishop working in the Middle East
- Samir Kuntar
Lebanese kidnapper & murderer
- Samir Labidi
Tunisian politician
- Samir Merzic
Bosnian footballer
- Samir Muratovic
Bosnian footballer playing for Austria
- Samir Nurkovic
Serbian football striker
- Samir Palnitkar
technology entrepreneur, engineer & author
- Samir Radwan
Egyptian politician (Minister of Finance) & liberal
- Samir Saric
Bosnian footballer
- Samir Seleskovic
Bosnian,Turkish basketball player & current coach
- Samir Toplak
Croatian football coach & former player
- Samir Zulic
retired Slovenian footballer
Samir in pop culture
- Samir de los Canos
town of 227 in Castile & Leon, Spain
- Samir Duran
character in military science fiction "StarCraft"
- Samir Amin
character in "Sims" series
- Samir Fazlinovic
Bosnian show persona "Crazy, Confused & Normal"