Sammy
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
Given to boys 96.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 1,193 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 43,382since 1896
Sammy over time
Rank among boys' names. Sammy has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | #1,852 | 85 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #1,540 | 114 |
| 2023 | #4,746 | 28 | #1,711 | 98 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #1,551 | 115 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #1,469 | 122 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #1,568 | 104 |
| 2019 | #4,546 | 30 | #1,592 | 104 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #1,478 | 117 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #1,293 | 140 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | #1,373 | 129 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | #1,374 | 126 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,252 | 143 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #1,405 | 119 |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | #1,391 | 120 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #1,143 | 158 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 | #1,175 | 154 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #1,153 | 158 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #974 | 205 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #1,025 | 184 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #945 | 198 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #860 | 214 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #820 | 217 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #800 | 217 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | #832 | 200 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #743 | 234 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #760 | 218 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | #763 | 209 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #684 | 248 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #763 | 195 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #794 | 183 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #801 | 179 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #702 | 220 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #748 | 195 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #627 | 270 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #655 | 242 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #586 | 294 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #573 | 288 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #618 | 234 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 | #578 | 248 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #548 | 262 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #565 | 243 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #576 | 217 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #523 | 254 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #518 | 270 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #520 | 262 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #451 | 343 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #485 | 291 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #467 | 297 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #437 | 331 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #419 | 343 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #411 | 352 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #391 | 394 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #367 | 439 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #368 | 460 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #357 | 507 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #373 | 474 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #353 | 508 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #340 | 513 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #319 | 548 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #310 | 570 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #302 | 619 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #288 | 735 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #291 | 705 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #279 | 752 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #278 | 787 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #272 | 865 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 | #269 | 858 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #262 | 873 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #266 | 795 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #268 | 739 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | #251 | 750 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #251 | 769 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #243 | 770 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 | #239 | 781 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #219 | 884 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 | #214 | 886 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #202 | 1,000 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | #186 | 1,075 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | #175 | 1,210 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #170 | 1,193 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 | #174 | 949 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 | #173 | 973 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 | #183 | 899 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | #193 | 832 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | #208 | 652 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 | #217 | 577 |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | #232 | 503 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | #239 | 496 |
| 1937 | #1,845 | 18 | #248 | 471 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | #244 | 461 |
| 1935 | #1,514 | 24 | #258 | 436 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 | #268 | 412 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #281 | 349 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | #290 | 354 |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | #300 | 345 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | #305 | 346 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 | #318 | 300 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 | #337 | 280 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #387 | 235 |
| 1926 | #1,997 | 19 | #426 | 202 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | #483 | 157 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #485 | 163 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #502 | 147 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #554 | 130 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #592 | 115 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #587 | 113 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #669 | 86 |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | #692 | 82 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #723 | 72 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #864 | 53 |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | #734 | 51 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | #1,146 | 20 |
| 1912 | — | #935 | 23 | |
| 1911 | — | #707 | 20 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #933 | 7 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Sammy! It came in at #1,101, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sammy
- 312 spots since 2024 (#1,540 → #1,852)
- 284 spots since 2020 (#1,568 → #1,852)
- 478 spots since 2015 (#1,374 → #1,852)
- Biggest jump: 679 spots in 1910 (#1,277 → #598)
- Biggest drop: 586 spots in 1905 (#647 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1946 at #170 (1,193 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1914–2006
- Highest: 1 in 1,361 boys born in 1946 were named Sammy (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Sammy (9,360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 78 | #647 (1904) | #993 |
| 1910s | 480 | #598 (1910) | #794 |
| 1920s | 1,842 | #318 (1929) | #467 |
| 1930s | 4,173 | #232 (1939) | #267 |
| 1940s | 9,360 | #170 (1946) | #188 |
| 1950s | 8,105 | #214 (1950) | #248 |
| 1960s | 6,602 | #272 (1960) | #303 |
| 1970s | 3,888 | #357 (1971) | #408 |
| 1980s | 2,621 | #451 (1980) | #547 |
| 1990s | 2,235 | #586 (1990) | #712 |
| 2000s | 2,045 | #743 (2001) | #891 |
| 2010s | 1,310 | #1,143 (2011) | #1,348 |
| 2020s | 638 | #1,469 (2021) | #1,615 |
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.
Sammy in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
Top boys' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 93,645 of them was named Sammy, which outranked 54.7% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,489Winfred14
- #2,489Zara14
- #2,489Zoila14
- #2,617Sammy13
- #2,617Adair13
- #2,617Aldean13
- #2,617Alise13
- #2,778Allice12
- #2,778Almeter12
- #2,778Altie12
Tied with 160 names at #2,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 7,108 of them was named Sammy, which outranked 90.1% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #480Morgan160
- #481Ferdinand159
- #481Foster159
- #483Sammy157
- #483Evan157
- #483Frederic157
- #483Hugo157
- #488Hobert156
- #488Odis156
- #490Columbus154
Tied with 4 names at #483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.