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

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Peak · boys
#170
1946 · 1,193 births
Debut · boys
1896
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
43,382
since 1896

Sammy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sammy has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #170, 1946boys
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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#5,09925#1,85285
2024#6,16719#1,540114
2023#4,74628#1,71198
2022#5,46523#1,551115
2021#6,17419#1,469122
2020#7,21215#1,568104
2019#4,54630#1,592104
2018#6,79217#1,478117
2017#7,84014#1,293140
2016#5,98521#1,373129
2015#6,72118#1,374126
2014#5,99321#1,252143
2013#6,72918#1,405119
2012#8,63213#1,391120
2011#8,61413#1,143158
2010#8,70113#1,175154
2009#8,05815#1,153158
2008#8,96513#974205
2007#17,6365#1,025184
2006#11,4179#945198
2005#6,52818#860214
2004#8,25913#820217
2003#9,67110#800217
2002#8,28012#832200
2001#9,35110#743234
2000#7,58013#760218
1999#7,23913#763209
1998#7,10413#684248
1997#9,8028#763195
1996#6,72313#794183
1995#7,51411#801179
1994#8,12210#702220
1993#10,5887#748195
1992#9,4918#627270
1991#7,43011#655242
1990#12,9585#586294
1989#7,44910#573288
1988#5,59814#618234
1987#3,42426#578248
1986#4,53917#548262
1985#6,45710#565243
1984#4,16618#576217
1983#3,24225#523254
1982#4,94514#518270
1981#10,4115#520262
1980#10,3925#451343
1979#8,0617#485291
1978#5,95810#467297
1977#6,8928#437331
1976#7,2967#419343
1975#5,9849#411352
1974#5,7769#391394
1973#5,19110#367439
1972#5,9598#368460
1971#4,31113#357507
1970#5,8188#373474
1969#4,41811#353508
1968#4,22211#340513
1967#3,65613#319548
1966#3,55813#310570
1965#3,26415#302619
1964#3,87912#288735
1963#4,27210#291705
1962#4,01111#279752
1961#3,06017#278787
1960#3,21215#272865
1959#2,51721#269858
1958#4,8907#262873
1957#2,92616#266795
1956#3,91010#268739
1955#2,55319#251750
1954#2,88915#251769
1953#2,69916#243770
1952#2,50218#239781
1951#3,10612#219884
1950#2,43617#214886
1949#1,88226#2021,000
1948#2,32918#1861,075
1947#1,79029#1751,210
1946#1,86024#1701,193
1945#1,69924#174949
1944#1,54528#173973
1943#1,39535#183899
1942#1,86021#193832
1941#1,64923#208652
1940#1,90018#217577
1939#1,68421#232503
1938#1,75220#239496
1937#1,84518#248471
1936#1,20635#244461
1935#1,51424#258436
1934#1,83418#268412
1933#1,83518#281349
1932#1,48826#290354
1931#1,42127#300345
1930#1,56925#305346
1929#1,89219#318300
1928#1,54127#337280
1927#2,02619#387235
1926#1,99719#426202
1925#2,61713#483157
1924#1,81123#485163
1923#2,73212#502147
1922#3,3799#554130
1921#2,94111#592115
1920#2,59013#587113
1919#2,15616#66986
1918#1,80521#69282
1917#2,10016#72372
1916#3,2588#86453
1915#3,4347#86850
1914#3,6185#73451
1913#2,8276#1,14620
1912—#93523
1911—#70720
1910—#59823
1909—#1,2776
1908—#74413
1907—#86610
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,2335
1904—#64713
1903—#1,0096
1902—#9337
1901—#1,0585
1900—#1,0507
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First appearance
1896

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1946 at #170 (1,193 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 101 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1914–2006
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,361
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 21.6% of all boys named Sammy (9,360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,101 (1896)#1,101
1900s78#647 (1904)#993
1910s480#598 (1910)#794
1920s1,842#318 (1929)#467
1930s4,173#232 (1939)#267
1940s9,360#170 (1946)#188
1950s8,105#214 (1950)#248
1960s6,602#272 (1960)#303
1970s3,888#357 (1971)#408
1980s2,621#451 (1980)#547
1990s2,235#586 (1990)#712
2000s2,045#743 (2001)#891
2010s1,310#1,143 (2011)#1,348
2020s638#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 1935

girls
#1,514
24 births · 1 in 43,691 girls
boys
#258
436 births · 1 in 2,388 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,514Sammy24

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #258Sammy436
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 43,691 of them was named Sammy, which outranked 69.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sammy
  1. #1,483Vernette25
  2. #1,483Vicky25
  3. #1,483Wyona25
  4. #1,514Sammy24
  5. #1,514Carlyn24
  6. #1,514Caroll24
  7. #1,514Clorinda24
  8. #1,550Adrian23
  9. #1,550Alba23
  10. #1,550Aleen23

Tied with 35 names at #1,514; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 2,388 of them was named Sammy, which outranked 93.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sammy
  1. #255Nick456
  2. #256Mack450
  3. #257Ellis438
  4. #258Sammy436
  5. #259Shirley435
  6. #260Rudy430
  7. #261Laurence427
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →