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Baby name
Samir
Boy
Origin of the name
Samir is an Arabic name, from samir, “companion in evening conversation.”
Rising name
11,094births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 586rank at its peak, in 2023
Where babies named Samir are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Samir is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Samir is most common in New Jersey (3.4 times), Pennsylvania (2.8) and New York (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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