Sami**
#1,455 most common boys' name of all time · #3,507 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1945–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,455
Rank overall
#3,507 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
6,727
Since 2016
1,746
Peak year
2025 #1,113
Best rank
#1,111 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 220/yr
Sami first appears in 1945. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | 193 | 220 | #1,113 |
| 2024 | 21 | 156 | 177 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 27 | 147 | 174 | #1,302 |
| 2022 | 32 | 123 | 155 | #1,473 |
| 2021 | 16 | 137 | 153 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 28 | 137 | 165 | #1,314 |
| 2019 | 17 | 122 | 139 | #1,434 |
| 2018 | 26 | 160 | 186 | #1,190 |
| 2017 | 16 | 174 | 190 | #1,111 |
| 2016 | 23 | 164 | 187 | #1,165 |
| 2015 | 16 | 168 | 184 | #1,132 |
| 2014 | 21 | 148 | 169 | #1,230 |
| 2013 | 21 | 134 | 155 | #1,294 |
| 2012 | 25 | 124 | 149 | #1,361 |
| 2011 | 14 | 144 | 158 | #1,216 |
| 2010 | 26 | 137 | 163 | #1,274 |
| 2009 | 24 | 140 | 164 | #1,262 |
| 2008 | 22 | 155 | 177 | #1,166 |
| 2007 | 26 | 139 | 165 | #1,264 |
| 2006 | 22 | 135 | 157 | #1,245 |
| 2005 | 39 | 132 | 171 | #1,205 |
| 2004 | 23 | 139 | 162 | #1,136 |
| 2003 | 23 | 123 | 146 | #1,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | 124 | 140 | #1,150 |
| 2001 | 18 | 126 | 144 | #1,119 |
| 2000 | 20 | 94 | 114 | #1,358 |
| 1999 | 10 | 95 | 105 | #1,290 |
| 1998 | 31 | 91 | 122 | #1,312 |
| 1997 | 25 | 106 | 131 | #1,156 |
| 1996 | 25 | 103 | 128 | #1,151 |
| 1995 | 22 | 75 | 97 | #1,362 |
| 1994 | 35 | 88 | 123 | #1,236 |
| 1993 | 16 | 85 | 101 | #1,232 |
| 1992 | 14 | 84 | 98 | #1,231 |
| 1991 | 27 | 82 | 109 | #1,232 |
| 1990 | 18 | 71 | 89 | #1,323 |
| 1989 | 18 | 75 | 93 | #1,250 |
| 1988 | 28 | 65 | 93 | #1,277 |
| 1987 | 35 | 44 | 79 | #1,604 |
| 1986 | 15 | 47 | 62 | #1,470 |
| 1985 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #1,470 |
| 1984 | 17 | 43 | 60 | #1,474 |
| 1983 | 18 | 48 | 66 | #1,354 |
| 1982 | 22 | 31 | 53 | #1,834 |
| 1981 | 15 | 24 | 39 | #2,177 |
| 1980 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #2,255 |
| 1979 | 21 | 22 | 43 | #2,272 |
| 1978 | 25 | 31 | 56 | #1,747 |
| 1977 | 19 | 19 | 38 | #2,412 |
| 1976 | 28 | 30 | 58 | #1,732 |
| 1975 | 18 | 20 | 38 | #2,259 |
| 1974 | 24 | 17 | 41 | #2,426 |
| 1973 | 17 | 12 | 29 | #2,955 |
| 1972 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #2,925 |
| 1971 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #2,524 |
| 1970 | 19 | 15 | 34 | #2,479 |
| 1969 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #3,819 |
| 1968 | 19 | 12 | 31 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 16 | 14 | 30 | #2,226 |
| 1966 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #2,602 |
| 1965 | 17 | 11 | 28 | #2,590 |
| 1964 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #2,645 |
| 1963 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,937 |
| 1962 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #2,825 |
| 1961 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #3,951 |
| 1960 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1959 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1957 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #2,795 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | — |