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Girl's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: rising

SamaIn Hebrew: סמא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: סַמַא

Sama (Hebrew: סמא) is a girl's name of Arabic origin. 2,315 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 238 girls and ranked #83. Its peak year was 2024, with 238 babies.

People in Israel
2,315
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
238
rank #83
Peak year
2024
238 babies
USA, 2025
186
rank #1,219

Writing and saying Sama

In Hebrew letters the name is סמא, read right to left. Sama is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Sama by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Sama: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Sama in English-speaking countries

Sama in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025186#1,2192025 (186)
United Kingdom202592#4782025 (92)
England and Wales202584#4732025 (84)
Scotland20258#3872025 (8)
Ireland20254#6922016 (4)
Alberta202519#2372025 (19)
Quebec202513#3872025 (13)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Sama has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Sama

How do you write Sama in Hebrew?

Sama is written סמא in Hebrew (with vowel points: סַמַא). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Sama?

2,315 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name סמא: 2,315 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named סמא are women.

Is Sama used outside Israel?

The name Sama appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 186 girls were given it in 2025 (#1,219), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 92 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.