Sam
#272 most common boys' name of all time · #587 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#272
Rank overall
#587 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
128,810
Since 2016
4,548
Peak year
1918 #75
Best rank
#30 1882
Girls
Boys
peak 2,529/yr
Sam is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 428 | 452 | #647 |
| 2024 | 18 | 425 | 443 | #650 |
| 2023 | 11 | 403 | 414 | #676 |
| 2022 | 18 | 418 | 436 | #658 |
| 2021 | 19 | 412 | 431 | #658 |
| 2020 | 12 | 402 | 414 | #655 |
| 2019 | 14 | 443 | 457 | #614 |
| 2018 | 13 | 453 | 466 | #604 |
| 2017 | 12 | 528 | 540 | #537 |
| 2016 | 17 | 478 | 495 | #579 |
| 2015 | 12 | 523 | 535 | #546 |
| 2014 | 13 | 523 | 536 | #533 |
| 2013 | 14 | 480 | 494 | #552 |
| 2012 | 5 | 510 | 515 | #517 |
| 2011 | 14 | 546 | 560 | #481 |
| 2010 | 12 | 550 | 562 | #471 |
| 2009 | 15 | 582 | 597 | #468 |
| 2008 | 21 | 608 | 629 | #457 |
| 2007 | 9 | 615 | 624 | #451 |
| 2006 | 16 | 586 | 602 | #461 |
| 2005 | 12 | 557 | 569 | #460 |
| 2004 | 7 | 595 | 602 | #435 |
| 2003 | — | 577 | 577 | #436 |
| 2002 | — | 561 | 561 | #442 |
| 2001 | 10 | 554 | 564 | #437 |
| 2000 | 6 | 517 | 523 | #460 |
| 1999 | 6 | 498 | 504 | #459 |
| 1998 | — | 492 | 492 | #457 |
| 1997 | 5 | 484 | 489 | #454 |
| 1996 | 8 | 527 | 535 | #428 |
| 1995 | — | 569 | 569 | #404 |
| 1994 | — | 554 | 554 | #412 |
| 1993 | 12 | 561 | 573 | #414 |
| 1992 | — | 575 | 575 | #400 |
| 1991 | 7 | 591 | 598 | #383 |
| 1990 | 5 | 586 | 591 | #396 |
| 1989 | 5 | 503 | 508 | #414 |
| 1988 | 6 | 479 | 485 | #413 |
| 1987 | 6 | 483 | 489 | #392 |
| 1986 | 8 | 381 | 389 | #441 |
| 1985 | 11 | 348 | 359 | #461 |
| 1984 | 6 | 363 | 369 | #444 |
| 1983 | 11 | 360 | 371 | #434 |
| 1982 | 7 | 373 | 380 | #433 |
| 1981 | — | 384 | 384 | #424 |
| 1980 | 12 | 364 | 376 | #429 |
| 1979 | 7 | 374 | 381 | #410 |
| 1978 | 7 | 417 | 424 | #377 |
| 1977 | 5 | 357 | 362 | #418 |
| 1976 | — | 397 | 397 | #388 |
| 1975 | 9 | 421 | 430 | #376 |
| 1974 | 6 | 436 | 442 | #366 |
| 1973 | 6 | 476 | 482 | #351 |
| 1972 | 6 | 497 | 503 | #346 |
| 1971 | 10 | 541 | 551 | #340 |
| 1970 | 13 | 600 | 613 | #320 |
| 1969 | 8 | 583 | 591 | #318 |
| 1968 | 8 | 568 | 576 | #319 |
| 1967 | 11 | 607 | 618 | #299 |
| 1966 | 14 | 678 | 692 | #285 |
| 1965 | 16 | 774 | 790 | #267 |
| 1964 | 9 | 955 | 964 | #248 |
| 1963 | 9 | 1,017 | 1,026 | #236 |
| 1962 | 23 | 1,070 | 1,093 | #237 |
| 1961 | 17 | 1,194 | 1,211 | #229 |
| 1960 | 16 | 1,211 | 1,227 | #228 |
| 1959 | 13 | 1,298 | 1,311 | #214 |
| 1958 | 13 | 1,177 | 1,190 | #225 |
| 1957 | 10 | 1,069 | 1,079 | #232 |
| 1956 | 11 | 951 | 962 | #238 |
| 1955 | 11 | 874 | 885 | #238 |
| 1954 | 14 | 873 | 887 | #238 |
| 1953 | 12 | 880 | 892 | #229 |
| 1952 | 10 | 940 | 950 | #215 |
| 1951 | 15 | 1,034 | 1,049 | #201 |
| 1950 | 10 | 956 | 966 | #207 |
| 1949 | 8 | 1,104 | 1,112 | #188 |
| 1948 | 10 | 1,238 | 1,248 | #176 |
| 1947 | 8 | 1,416 | 1,424 | #169 |
| 1946 | 8 | 1,304 | 1,312 | #164 |
| 1945 | 7 | 1,137 | 1,144 | #161 |
| 1944 | 10 | 1,212 | 1,222 | #157 |
| 1943 | 15 | 1,322 | 1,337 | #153 |
| 1942 | 17 | 1,280 | 1,297 | #152 |
| 1941 | 12 | 1,191 | 1,203 | #150 |
| 1940 | 10 | 1,147 | 1,157 | #150 |
| 1939 | 9 | 1,121 | 1,130 | #145 |
| 1938 | 15 | 1,162 | 1,177 | #141 |
| 1937 | 13 | 1,213 | 1,226 | #132 |
| 1936 | 19 | 1,236 | 1,255 | #131 |
| 1935 | 10 | 1,364 | 1,374 | #126 |
| 1934 | 7 | 1,321 | 1,328 | #127 |
| 1933 | 18 | 1,351 | 1,369 | #121 |
| 1932 | 18 | 1,454 | 1,472 | #119 |
| 1931 | 20 | 1,460 | 1,480 | #118 |
| 1930 | 17 | 1,668 | 1,685 | #110 |
| 1929 | 30 | 1,730 | 1,760 | #104 |
| 1928 | 32 | 1,759 | 1,791 | #109 |
| 1927 | 23 | 1,904 | 1,927 | #102 |
| 1926 | 22 | 2,033 | 2,055 | #92 |
| 1925 | 25 | 2,092 | 2,117 | #91 |
| 1924 | 30 | 2,123 | 2,153 | #91 |
| 1923 | 24 | 2,204 | 2,228 | #89 |
| 1922 | 28 | 2,349 | 2,377 | #84 |
| 1921 | 26 | 2,367 | 2,393 | #85 |
| 1920 | 23 | 2,283 | 2,306 | #84 |
| 1919 | 36 | 2,384 | 2,420 | #75 |
| 1918 | 23 | 2,506 | 2,529 | #75 |
| 1917 | 14 | 2,454 | 2,468 | #72 |
| 1916 | 23 | 2,313 | 2,336 | #74 |
| 1915 | 27 | 2,339 | 2,366 | #68 |
| 1914 | 18 | 1,880 | 1,898 | #67 |
| 1913 | 23 | 1,527 | 1,550 | #65 |
| 1912 | 13 | 1,325 | 1,338 | #63 |
| 1911 | 6 | 928 | 934 | #47 |
| 1910 | 13 | 888 | 901 | #39 |
| 1909 | 8 | 700 | 708 | #44 |
| 1908 | 5 | 644 | 649 | #46 |
| 1907 | 8 | 631 | 639 | #43 |
| 1906 | 6 | 552 | 558 | #43 |
| 1905 | 8 | 620 | 628 | #39 |
| 1904 | 5 | 603 | 608 | #40 |
| 1903 | — | 552 | 552 | #41 |
| 1902 | 7 | 559 | 566 | #41 |
| 1901 | 7 | 479 | 486 | #41 |
| 1900 | 11 | 821 | 832 | #34 |
| 1899 | — | 469 | 469 | #44 |
| 1898 | — | 543 | 543 | #42 |
| 1897 | 5 | 478 | 483 | #45 |
| 1896 | — | 518 | 518 | #43 |
| 1895 | 5 | 487 | 492 | #43 |
| 1894 | 8 | 507 | 515 | #43 |
| 1893 | 7 | 481 | 488 | #43 |
| 1892 | — | 551 | 551 | #38 |
| 1891 | — | 418 | 418 | #43 |
| 1890 | 7 | 489 | 496 | #41 |
| 1889 | 6 | 486 | 492 | #40 |
| 1888 | 5 | 607 | 612 | #34 |
| 1887 | — | 463 | 463 | #38 |
| 1886 | — | 519 | 519 | #34 |
| 1885 | — | 492 | 492 | #35 |
| 1884 | — | 533 | 533 | #33 |
| 1883 | — | 476 | 476 | #33 |
| 1882 | — | 555 | 555 | #30 |
| 1881 | — | 481 | 481 | #32 |
| 1880 | — | 457 | 457 | #36 |