Sammy
#534 most common boys' name of all time · #1,177 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among boys
#534
Rank overall
#1,177 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
45,140
Since 2016
1,339
Peak year
1947 #175
Best rank
#170 1946
Girls
Boys
peak 1,239/yr
Sammy first appears in 1896. 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 | 25 | 85 | 110 | #1,853 |
| 2024 | 19 | 114 | 133 | #1,544 |
| 2023 | 28 | 98 | 126 | #1,712 |
| 2022 | 23 | 115 | 138 | #1,554 |
| 2021 | 19 | 122 | 141 | #1,472 |
| 2020 | 15 | 104 | 119 | #1,571 |
| 2019 | 30 | 104 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2018 | 17 | 117 | 134 | #1,480 |
| 2017 | 14 | 140 | 154 | #1,295 |
| 2016 | 21 | 129 | 150 | #1,375 |
| 2015 | 18 | 126 | 144 | #1,374 |
| 2014 | 21 | 143 | 164 | #1,253 |
| 2013 | 18 | 119 | 137 | #1,407 |
| 2012 | 13 | 120 | 133 | #1,393 |
| 2011 | 13 | 158 | 171 | #1,143 |
| 2010 | 13 | 154 | 167 | #1,175 |
| 2009 | 15 | 158 | 173 | #1,154 |
| 2008 | 13 | 205 | 218 | #975 |
| 2007 | 5 | 184 | 189 | #1,028 |
| 2006 | 9 | 198 | 207 | #946 |
| 2005 | 18 | 214 | 232 | #860 |
| 2004 | 13 | 217 | 230 | #821 |
| 2003 | 10 | 217 | 227 | #801 |
| 2002 | 12 | 200 | 212 | #834 |
| 2001 | 10 | 234 | 244 | #744 |
| 2000 | 13 | 218 | 231 | #763 |
| 1999 | 13 | 209 | 222 | #764 |
| 1998 | 13 | 248 | 261 | #685 |
| 1997 | 8 | 195 | 203 | #765 |
| 1996 | 13 | 183 | 196 | #794 |
| 1995 | 11 | 179 | 190 | #802 |
| 1994 | 10 | 220 | 230 | #703 |
| 1993 | 7 | 195 | 202 | #749 |
| 1992 | 8 | 270 | 278 | #629 |
| 1991 | 11 | 242 | 253 | #655 |
| 1990 | 5 | 294 | 299 | #586 |
| 1989 | 10 | 288 | 298 | #574 |
| 1988 | 14 | 234 | 248 | #619 |
| 1987 | 26 | 248 | 274 | #578 |
| 1986 | 17 | 262 | 279 | #548 |
| 1985 | 10 | 243 | 253 | #567 |
| 1984 | 18 | 217 | 235 | #576 |
| 1983 | 25 | 254 | 279 | #523 |
| 1982 | 14 | 270 | 284 | #518 |
| 1981 | 5 | 262 | 267 | #520 |
| 1980 | 5 | 343 | 348 | #452 |
| 1979 | 7 | 291 | 298 | #486 |
| 1978 | 10 | 297 | 307 | #468 |
| 1977 | 8 | 331 | 339 | #437 |
| 1976 | 7 | 343 | 350 | #420 |
| 1975 | 9 | 352 | 361 | #412 |
| 1974 | 9 | 394 | 403 | #391 |
| 1973 | 10 | 439 | 449 | #367 |
| 1972 | 8 | 460 | 468 | #368 |
| 1971 | 13 | 507 | 520 | #358 |
| 1970 | 8 | 474 | 482 | #373 |
| 1969 | 11 | 508 | 519 | #353 |
| 1968 | 11 | 513 | 524 | #340 |
| 1967 | 13 | 548 | 561 | #319 |
| 1966 | 13 | 570 | 583 | #310 |
| 1965 | 15 | 619 | 634 | #303 |
| 1964 | 12 | 735 | 747 | #288 |
| 1963 | 10 | 705 | 715 | #292 |
| 1962 | 11 | 752 | 763 | #280 |
| 1961 | 17 | 787 | 804 | #278 |
| 1960 | 15 | 865 | 880 | #272 |
| 1959 | 21 | 858 | 879 | #269 |
| 1958 | 7 | 873 | 880 | #263 |
| 1957 | 16 | 795 | 811 | #267 |
| 1956 | 10 | 739 | 749 | #269 |
| 1955 | 19 | 750 | 769 | #251 |
| 1954 | 15 | 769 | 784 | #251 |
| 1953 | 16 | 770 | 786 | #243 |
| 1952 | 18 | 781 | 799 | #239 |
| 1951 | 12 | 884 | 896 | #219 |
| 1950 | 17 | 886 | 903 | #214 |
| 1949 | 26 | 1,000 | 1,026 | #202 |
| 1948 | 18 | 1,075 | 1,093 | #187 |
| 1947 | 29 | 1,210 | 1,239 | #175 |
| 1946 | 24 | 1,193 | 1,217 | #170 |
| 1945 | 24 | 949 | 973 | #174 |
| 1944 | 28 | 973 | 1,001 | #173 |
| 1943 | 35 | 899 | 934 | #183 |
| 1942 | 21 | 832 | 853 | #194 |
| 1941 | 23 | 652 | 675 | #208 |
| 1940 | 18 | 577 | 595 | #218 |
| 1939 | 21 | 503 | 524 | #232 |
| 1938 | 20 | 496 | 516 | #239 |
| 1937 | 18 | 471 | 489 | #248 |
| 1936 | 35 | 461 | 496 | #245 |
| 1935 | 24 | 436 | 460 | #258 |
| 1934 | 18 | 412 | 430 | #269 |
| 1933 | 18 | 349 | 367 | #282 |
| 1932 | 26 | 354 | 380 | #290 |
| 1931 | 27 | 345 | 372 | #300 |
| 1930 | 25 | 346 | 371 | #305 |
| 1929 | 19 | 300 | 319 | #319 |
| 1928 | 27 | 280 | 307 | #340 |
| 1927 | 19 | 235 | 254 | #390 |
| 1926 | 19 | 202 | 221 | #428 |
| 1925 | 13 | 157 | 170 | #487 |
| 1924 | 23 | 163 | 186 | #488 |
| 1923 | 12 | 147 | 159 | #506 |
| 1922 | 9 | 130 | 139 | #556 |
| 1921 | 11 | 115 | 126 | #596 |
| 1920 | 13 | 113 | 126 | #589 |
| 1919 | 16 | 86 | 102 | #672 |
| 1918 | 21 | 82 | 103 | #699 |
| 1917 | 16 | 72 | 88 | #737 |
| 1916 | 8 | 53 | 61 | #871 |
| 1915 | 7 | 50 | 57 | #877 |
| 1914 | 5 | 51 | 56 | #742 |
| 1913 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 1912 | — | 23 | 23 | #963 |
| 1911 | — | 20 | 20 | #731 |
| 1910 | — | 23 | 23 | #619 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,409 |
| 1908 | — | 13 | 13 | #776 |
| 1907 | — | 10 | 10 | #926 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,227 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,373 |
| 1904 | — | 13 | 13 | #684 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,117 |
| 1902 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,008 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,194 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,143 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,264 |