Samir

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Samir is a male name found commonly in South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. In Arabic, Samir means "holy", "jovial", "loyal", or "charming". In Albanian, it literally means "so good" but loosely "exquisite", "superb", or "perfect".

From Wikipedia

Samir first appears in the data in 1966 and has been recorded in 47 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1998 with 69 babies (rank #264 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Samir

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Samir yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,573
Total babies (all years)
47
Years in the data
69
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19661#1,154
19671#1,174
19681#1,191
19714#865
19728#703
197312#565
19746#755
19759#629
197616#490
197721#420
197824#393
197937#314
198044#299
198154#262
198259#247
198355#251
198444#301
198540#328
198646#305
198759#265
198854#277
198960#266
199050#318
199157#296
199261#284
199352#302
199444#346
199556#297
199633#430
199740#381
199869#264
199948#348
200061#298
200140#390
200254#318
200343#353
200439#382
200529#435
200617#592
200715#599
200817#565
200910#733
201015#598
201124#444
201214#592
201311#669
201419#477