Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sammie**

#688 most common boys' name of all time · #1,536 across all names · 73% male / 27% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#688
Rank overall
#1,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
28,669
Since 2016
533
Peak year
1947 #311
Best rank
#285 1944
Girls Boys peak 636/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Sammie 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 32 16 48 #5,609
2024 32 20 52 #4,890
2023 24 20 44 #4,887
2022 27 15 42 #5,876
2021 45 18 63 #5,111
2020 40 20 60 #4,698
2019 35 21 56 #4,640
2018 43 14 57 #6,038
2017 30 26 56 #3,993
2016 30 25 55 #4,098
2015 35 26 61 #3,982
2014 28 24 52 #4,138
2013 21 36 57 #3,061
2012 41 37 78 #3,059
2011 36 28 64 #3,695
2010 27 42 69 #2,826
2009 28 37 65 #3,105
2008 33 39 72 #3,005
2007 33 31 64 #3,444
2006 24 32 56 #3,307
2005 26 28 54 #3,449
2004 26 29 55 #3,286
2003 17 30 47 #3,120
2002 16 30 46 #3,022
2001 22 25 47 #3,410
2000 23 33 56 #2,736
1999 17 47 64 #2,023
1998 22 35 57 #2,450
1997 17 40 57 #2,164
1996 14 50 64 #1,817
1995 12 33 45 #2,347
1994 17 52 69 #1,716
1993 21 55 76 #1,621
1992 15 62 77 #1,472
1991 26 73 99 #1,314
1990 28 51 79 #1,615
1989 23 68 91 #1,327
1988 42 57 99 #1,374
1987 32 52 84 #1,400
1986 44 71 115 #1,118
1985 31 62 93 #1,190
1984 24 67 91 #1,096
1983 39 80 119 #987
1982 37 75 112 #1,050
1981 16 101 117 #886
1980 17 91 108 #938
1979 14 101 115 #864
1978 26 93 119 #891
1977 34 86 120 #913
1976 40 83 123 #911
1975 28 100 128 #831
1974 30 129 159 #721
1973 30 119 149 #735
1972 41 152 193 #646
1971 34 154 188 #665
1970 37 155 192 #657
1969 24 155 179 #637
1968 28 145 173 #628
1967 33 169 202 #581
1966 45 194 239 #550
1965 45 200 245 #540
1964 51 208 259 #546
1963 43 244 287 #514
1962 57 242 299 #507
1961 59 270 329 #485
1960 62 290 352 #466
1959 58 281 339 #472
1958 68 307 375 #447
1957 79 298 377 #446
1956 77 324 401 #419
1955 61 344 405 #389
1954 81 358 439 #373
1953 81 360 441 #358
1952 96 355 451 #360
1951 98 399 497 #342
1950 98 397 495 #338
1949 114 430 544 #330
1948 114 479 593 #310
1947 144 492 636 #311
1946 151 410 561 #317
1945 126 415 541 #295
1944 156 434 590 #285
1943 186 404 590 #308
1942 180 420 600 #295
1941 151 355 506 #305
1940 134 342 476 #302
1939 125 346 471 #302
1938 132 349 481 #293
1937 140 303 443 #306
1936 143 319 462 #298
1935 125 333 458 #298
1934 134 338 472 #294
1933 134 300 434 #308
1932 135 347 482 #295
1931 117 349 466 #296
1930 131 348 479 #304
1929 100 307 407 #314
1928 141 331 472 #305
1927 120 332 452 #316
1926 130 281 411 #343
1925 122 285 407 #346
1924 121 275 396 #359
1923 121 252 373 #377
1922 122 252 374 #379
1921 81 270 351 #369
1920 114 268 382 #368
1919 115 229 344 #387
1918 113 264 377 #358
1917 100 171 271 #433
1916 56 154 210 #452
1915 60 159 219 #430
1914 57 133 190 #412
1913 47 86 133 #462
1912 39 65 104 #493
1911 30 63 93 #344
1910 30 48 78 #370
1909 27 40 67 #379
1908 38 30 68 #440
1907 16 39 55 #351
1906 16 32 48 #378
1905 21 32 53 #365
1904 28 34 62 #344
1903 18 12 30 #662
1902 17 21 38 #461
1901 20 19 39 #434
1900 22 32 54 #394
1899 22 19 41 #424
1898 17 14 31 #577
1897 12 12 24 #622
1896 16 12 28 #647
1895 9 16 25 #507
1894 10 7 17 #874
1893 11 9 20 #711
1892 8 12 20 #608
1891 8 11 19 #570
1890 12 9 21 #679
1889 16 14 30 #500
1888 11 8 19 #762
1887 6 5 11 #945
1886 6 6
1885 6 5 11 #960
1884 6 5 11 #985
1882 5 7 12 #763
1881 6 6
1880 6 6 12 #825