girl's name

Samina

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,439

Scotland

#689

1990 births

Samina is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 184,196 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1960.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Samina over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

172
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Samina by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 5
1970s 25
1980s 119
1990s 108
2000s 163
2010s 172
2020s (to 2025) 120

How popular is Samina?

In 2025, Samina was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Samina is used

Scotland #689 3 in 1990
France #3,076 10 in 2025
Canada #3,766 5 in 2021
United States #6,438 18 in 2025
England & Wales #7,088 3 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Samina

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Samina also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Samina over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Samina

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Samina — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Samina

How popular is the name Samina?

In 2025, Samina was given to 18 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Samina a girl's or a boy's name?

Samina is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Samina?

Samina has 3 syllables.

When was Samina most popular?

Samina peaked in 2024, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Samina a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Samina currently ranks #3,076 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.