Samer is a rare variant of Samir that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.
Samer is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,385 for boy births in the United States (and #13,449 across all names), given to 14 babies. Samer first appears in 1966 and peaked in 1994 (53 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,385 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,209 |
| 2023 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,875 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,022 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,611 |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,993 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,738 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,247 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,671 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,943 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,250 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,520 |
| 2010 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,813 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,273 |
| 2008 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,012 |
| 2007 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,676 |
| 2006 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,761 |
| 2005 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,693 |
| 2004 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,620 |
| 2003 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,033 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,593 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,919 |
| 2000 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,795 |
| 1999 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,335 |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,191 |
| 1997 | 50 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1996 | 44 | — | — | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 48 | — | — | #1,831 |
| 1994 | 53 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #15,284 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 38 | — | — | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 35 | — | — | #2,131 |
| 1990 | 37 | — | — | #2,039 |
| 1989 | 39 | — | — | #1,914 |
| 1988 | 42 | — | — | #1,701 |
| 1987 | 40 | — | — | #1,706 |
| 1986 | 36 | — | — | #1,753 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,912 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | — | #2,147 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | — | #1,784 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | — | #1,985 |
| 1981 | 29 | — | — | #1,938 |
| 1980 | 26 | — | — | #2,103 |
| 1979 | 34 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1978 | 22 | — | — | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | — | #1,896 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | — | #1,986 |
| 1975 | 17 | — | — | #2,521 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | — | #3,523 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | — | #2,695 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | — | #3,301 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | — | #4,821 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | — | #3,779 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,272 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,491 |