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.

Samy

#5,088 most common boys' name of all time · #12,590 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#5,088
Rank overall
#12,590 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
912
Since 2016
284
Peak year
2017 #3,216
Best rank
#3,174 1988
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
198020002020

Samy first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 30 36 #3,699
2024 6 28 34 #3,930
2023 — 28 28 #3,938
2022 — 25 25 #4,234
2021 — 21 21 #4,686
2020 — 16 16 #5,547
2019 — 32 32 #3,532
2018 — 25 25 #4,143
2017 — 36 36 #3,216
2016 — 31 31 #3,550
2015 — 18 18 #5,155
2014 — 23 23 #4,317
2013 — 26 26 #3,913
2012 — 25 25 #4,066
2011 5 15 20 #5,774
2010 — 25 25 #4,045
2009 — 22 22 #4,500
2008 — 26 26 #3,978
2007 — 20 20 #4,713
2006 — 27 27 #3,741
2005 — 24 24 #3,880
2004 — 25 25 #3,687
2003 — 23 23 #3,790
2002 — 26 26 #3,407
2001 — 20 20 #4,045
2000 — 17 17 #4,498
1999 — 22 22 #3,539
1998 — 13 13 #5,026
1997 — 20 20 #3,556
1996 — 6 6 #8,367
1995 — 10 10 #5,728
1994 — 17 17 #3,850
1993 — 18 18 #3,612
1992 — 16 16 #3,875
1991 — 16 16 #3,758
1990 — 12 12 #4,601
1989 — 9 9 #5,461
1988 — 17 17 #3,174
1987 — 15 15 #3,314
1986 — 13 13 #3,617
1985 — 10 10 #4,267
1984 — 8 8 #4,874
1983 — 5 5 #6,956
1982 — 12 12 #3,666
1981 — 6 6 #6,060
1980 — 11 11 #3,822
1975 — 5 5 #6,290