Sammie

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 72.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1944 · 434 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,836
since 1880

Sammie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #549, 1936peak #285, 1944girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,35232#5,60816
2024#4,38732#4,89020
2023#5,24824#4,88620
2022#4,90727#5,87415
2021#3,43545#5,11018
2020#3,67640#4,69820
2019#4,07235#4,63921
2018#3,55943#6,03614
2017#4,57630#3,99326
2016#4,63230#4,09825
2015#4,14435#3,98226
2014#4,89228#4,13824
2013#6,01721#3,06036
2012#3,78241#3,05937
2011#4,07236#3,69528
2010#5,10827#2,82642
2009#5,09728#3,10537
2008#4,55033#3,00539
2007#4,47533#3,44431
2006#5,54524#3,30632
2005#4,95826#3,44728
2004#4,94926#3,28529
2003#6,57617#3,11930
2002#6,69816#3,02230
2001#5,17422#3,41025
2000#4,98123#2,73633
1999#5,89617#2,02347
1998#4,79622#2,45035
1997#5,62617#2,16440
1996#6,39214#1,81750
1995#7,04112#2,34633
1994#5,44517#1,71652
1993#4,67121#1,62055
1992#6,00815#1,47262
1991#3,93626#1,31473
1990#3,71428#1,61551
1989#4,12123#1,32768
1988#2,53942#1,37357
1987#2,97232#1,40052
1986#2,30044#1,11871
1985#2,93931#1,19062
1984#3,42324#1,09667
1983#2,39839#98780
1982#2,53237#1,05075
1981#4,53216#886101
1980#4,32717#93891
1979#4,84214#864101
1978#3,00926#89193
1977#2,51534#91386
1976#2,13540#91183
1975#2,68028#831100
1974#2,49730#721129
1973#2,45530#735119
1972#1,97541#646152
1971#2,29634#665154
1970#2,16037#657155
1969#2,70424#637155
1968#2,29628#628145
1967#2,03933#581169
1966#1,66945#550194
1965#1,67245#540200
1964#1,59351#546208
1963#1,75443#514244
1962#1,47657#507242
1961#1,45459#485270
1960#1,39362#466290
1959#1,40758#472281
1958#1,28268#447307
1957#1,18779#446298
1956#1,18677#419324
1955#1,29261#389344
1954#1,09381#373358
1953#1,07181#358360
1952#95496#360355
1951#92898#342399
1950#89598#338397
1949#820114#330430
1948#810114#310479
1947#706144#311492
1946#644151#317410
1945#654126#295415
1944#589156#285434
1943#555186#308404
1942#554180#295420
1941#567151#305355
1940#602134#302342
1939#602125#302346
1938#600132#293349
1937#573140#306303
1936#549143#298319
1935#575125#298333
1934#556134#294338
1933#549134#308300
1932#562135#295347
1931#613117#296349
1930#605131#304348
1929#698100#314307
1928#594141#305331
1927#657120#316332
1926#627130#343281
1925#668122#346285
1924#676121#359275
1923#674121#377252
1922#657122#379252
1921#81381#369270
1920#680114#368268
1919#646115#387229
1918#671113#358264
1917#686100#433171
1916#90456#452154
1915#83960#429159
1914#76557#412133
1913#76747#46286
1912#79539#49165
1911#79030#34463
1910#78130#37048
1909#77327#37840
1908#61738#43830
1907#94516#35139
1906#91716#37832
1905#79721#36532
1904#65328#34434
1903#81318#65612
1902#84917#46021
1901#72320#43319
1900#78022#39332
1899#66422#42419
1898#82117#57314
1897#93112#61512
1896#81316#64112
1895#1,1239#50116
1894#99810#8577
1893#90111#7059
1892#1,0858#59712
1891#1,0068#56411
1890#79112#6679
1889#64116#49814
1888#79311#7558
1887#1,0366#9215
1886#9936
1885#9216#9365
1884#9306#9715
1883
1882#9085#7547
1881#7406
1880#7386#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sammie was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sammie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 718 spots since 2024 (#4,890#5,608)
  • 910 spots since 2020 (#4,698#5,608)
  • 1,626 spots since 2015 (#3,982#5,608)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1895 (#857#501)
  • Biggest drop: 196 spots in 1903 (#460#656)
Rise & fade · boys
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1944 at #285 (434 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 100 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1887–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,979
  • Highest: 1 in 2,979 boys born in 1931 were named Sammie (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #285 in 1944, was only 1 in 3,140 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 20.1% of all boys named Sammie (4,181) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s50#498 (1889)#806
1890s121#424 (1899)#614
1900s291#344 (1904)#420
1910s1,372#344 (1911)#414
1920s2,853#305 (1928)#348
1930s3,332#293 (1938)#299
1940s4,181#285 (1944)#306
1950s3,423#338 (1950)#394
1960s2,117#466 (1960)#545
1970s1,172#646 (1972)#783
1980s724#886 (1981)#1,137
1990s498#1,314 (1991)#1,854
2000s314#2,736 (2000)#3,188
2010s279#2,826 (2010)#3,953
2020s109#4,698 (2020)#5,178

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sammie in 1934

girls
#556
134 births · 1 in 7,793 girls
boys
#294
338 births · 1 in 3,055 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #556Sammie134

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #294Sammie338
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 7,793 of them was named Sammie, which outranked 88.8% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sammie
  1. #551Zella137
  2. #554Charlie135
  3. #554Wilhelmina135
  4. #556Sammie134
  5. #556Gearldine134
  6. #556Jeannie134
  7. #559Lucinda132
  8. #559Millicent132
  9. #561Andrea131

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 3,055 of them was named Sammie, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sammie
  1. #291Emmett341
  2. #292Frankie340
  3. #293Amos339
  4. #294Sammie338
  5. #295Lionel336
  6. #295Timothy336
  7. #297Emil335
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934