Mostly boys · peaked in 1931
Sammie name popularity since 1925
23,896 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sammie (26.0% girls, 74.0% boys). Half of them were born in 1949 or earlier, so the typical Sammie is about 77 years old in 2026. Sammie peaked in 1931 as the #296 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,896
- Named Sammie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1931
- #296 for boys that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,806 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 74.0% boys
- 6,211 girls · 17,685 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 14.46× its national share
Peak year is the year Sammie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Sammie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Sammie peaked in 1931.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sammie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 613 | 1,536 | – |
| 1930s | 1,316 | 3,332 | #298 |
| 1940s | 1,456 | 4,181 | #295 |
| 1950s | 797 | 3,423 | #389 |
| 1960s | 447 | 2,117 | #542 |
| 1970s | 314 | 1,172 | #834 |
| 1980s | 305 | 724 | #1,208 |
| 1990s | 189 | 498 | #2,391 |
| 2000s | 248 | 314 | #3,511 |
| 2010s | 326 | 279 | #4,055 |
| 2020–25 | 200 | 109 | #5,806 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.0% of babies named Sammie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Sammie is most popular
The index compares Sammie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Sammie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 14.46× | 3,292 |
| South Carolina | 7.95× | 2,092 |
| Arkansas | 5.46× | 1,055 |
| Alabama | 4.24× | 1,411 |
| Georgia | 3.55× | 1,847 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sammie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Sammie (this page) | 17,685 | 1931 |
| Sammy | 42,151 | 1946 |
| Sami | 5,303 | 2025 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Sammie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sammie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sammie (1931).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data