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Sammy: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 85 in 2025. Its best rank was #170 in 1946.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #170 in 1946; #1,864 in 2025. About 77% of babies named Sammy in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,864 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1946, at #170.
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Sammy: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 85 boys in 2025. Peak: #170 in 1946 · most boys in one year: 1,210 (1947).
In 2025, 85 US boys were named Sammy, making it the 1,864th most common boys’ name of the year, down 317 places from #1,547 in 2024. That is 29 fewer than the 114 boys named Sammy in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #170, reached in 1946. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,210, in 1947. For comparison, it was #1,379 in 2015 and #214 in 1950.
In 2025, 25 US girls were named Sammy, making it the 5,208th most common girls’ name of the year, up 1,152 places from #6,360 in 2024. That is 6 more than the 19 girls named Sammy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,226, reached in 1936. The most girls given the name in a single year was 35, in 1943. For comparison, it was #6,935 in 2015 and #2,517 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sammy in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1896 with 5 babies. In all, 45,140 US babies have been given the name, 3.9% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 9,606 babies named Sammy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,128 US boys were named Sammy; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 140. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,095 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sammy ranked highest in Missouri in 2025, at #856 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sam (128,810 babies since 1880), Sammie (28,669 babies since 1880), Sami (6,727 babies since 1880) and Samiya (4,096 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sammi, Samy and Samie are summarised on this page.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Sammi (1,732), Samy (912), Samie (813), Sammye (723), Saumya (257), Sahmya (65), Samih (47), Sameya (45), Sameh (43), Samee (36), Sammey (28), Saimi (18), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 6 | #856 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,160 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,722 | #692 |
| California | 9 | #1,803 | #1,252 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,047 | #1,499 |
| Texas | 8 | #2,050 | #1,740 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,208 | 85 | #1,864 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,360 | 114 | #1,547 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,850 | 98 | #1,717 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,606 | 115 | #1,558 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,378 | 122 | #1,478 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,509 | 104 | #1,574 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,636 | 104 | #1,603 |
| 2018 | 17 | #7,055 | 117 | #1,487 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,219 | 140 | #1,299 |
| 2016 | 21 | #6,158 | 129 | #1,380 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,935 | 126 | #1,379 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,175 | 143 | #1,254 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,979 | 119 | #1,412 |
| 2012 | 13 | #9,032 | 120 | #1,395 |
| 2011 | 13 | #9,054 | 158 | #1,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,138 | 154 | #1,178 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,386 | 158 | #1,155 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,391 | 205 | #975 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,988 | 184 | #1,027 |
| 2006 | 9 | #12,241 | 198 | #947 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,767 | 214 | #862 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,631 | 217 | #823 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,289 | 217 | #803 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,733 | 200 | #835 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,959 | 234 | #746 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,952 | 218 | #763 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,629 | 209 | #766 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,445 | 248 | #685 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,609 | 195 | #766 |
| 1996 | 13 | #7,054 | 183 | #794 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,966 | 179 | #802 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,655 | 220 | #704 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,527 | 195 | #750 |
| 1992 | 8 | #10,267 | 270 | #629 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,856 | 242 | #655 |
| 1990 | 5 | #14,752 | 294 | #586 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,909 | 288 | #573 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,835 | 234 | #619 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,498 | 248 | #578 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,690 | 262 | #549 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,837 | 243 | #567 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,285 | 217 | #577 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,317 | 254 | #524 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,141 | 270 | #518 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,758 | 262 | #520 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,749 | 343 | #452 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,778 | 291 | #485 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,297 | 297 | #468 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,407 | 331 | #437 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,939 | 343 | #420 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,346 | 352 | #411 |
| 1974 | 9 | #6,133 | 394 | #392 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,492 | 439 | #367 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,429 | 460 | #368 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,484 | 507 | #358 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,245 | 474 | #373 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,669 | 508 | #353 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,436 | 513 | #340 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,804 | 548 | #319 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,700 | 570 | #310 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,380 | 619 | #303 |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,054 | 735 | #288 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,485 | 705 | #292 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,223 | 752 | #280 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,164 | 787 | #278 |
| 1960 | 15 | #3,328 | 865 | #272 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,578 | 858 | #269 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,307 | 873 | #263 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,011 | 795 | #266 |
| 1956 | 10 | #4,115 | 739 | #269 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,623 | 750 | #251 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,992 | 769 | #251 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,794 | 770 | #244 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,567 | 781 | #239 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,258 | 884 | #219 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,517 | 886 | #214 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,912 | 1,000 | #202 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,404 | 1,075 | #186 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,813 | 1,210 | #175 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,910 | 1,193 | #170 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,735 | 949 | #174 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,570 | 973 | #173 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,418 | 899 | #183 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,908 | 832 | #194 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,685 | 652 | #208 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,950 | 577 | #217 |
| 1939 | 21 | #1,723 | 503 | #232 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,797 | 496 | #239 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,903 | 471 | #248 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,226 | 461 | #245 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,538 | 436 | #258 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,900 | 412 | #269 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,895 | 349 | #281 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,514 | 354 | #290 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,452 | 345 | #300 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,602 | 346 | #305 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,944 | 300 | #319 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,580 | 280 | #340 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,089 | 235 | #390 |
| 1926 | 19 | #2,064 | 202 | #428 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,754 | 157 | #487 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,860 | 163 | #487 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,887 | 147 | #506 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,615 | 130 | #555 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,124 | 115 | #596 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,708 | 113 | #589 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,243 | 86 | #671 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,873 | 82 | #698 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,191 | 72 | #738 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,503 | 53 | #873 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,739 | 50 | #877 |
| 1914 | 5 | #4,105 | 51 | #742 |
| 1913 | 6 | #3,129 | 20 | #1,171 |
| 1912 | — | — | 23 | #963 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #727 |
| 1910 | — | — | 23 | #617 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #773 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #923 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,231 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,396 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #678 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #1,006 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,191 |
| 1900 | — | — | 7 | #1,148 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,243 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).