Boys' name · peaked in 1946
Sammy name popularity since 1925
43,762 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Sammy (3.7% girls, 96.3% boys). Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Sammy is about 68 years old in 2026. Sammy peaked in 1946 as the #170 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 43,762
- Named Sammy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,864 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.3% boys
- 1,611 girls · 42,151 boys
- Most popular in
- New Mexico
- 4.63× its national share
Peak year is the year Sammy 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.
Sammy births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Sammy peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Sammy became 2.2× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1947 and 1952, its share of baby boys fell by 39%, from 1 in 1,510 to 1 in 2,490.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Sammy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Sammy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Sammy 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 | 97 | 1,174 | – |
| 1930s | 232 | 4,173 | #258 |
| 1940s | 246 | 9,360 | #174 |
| 1950s | 151 | 8,105 | #251 |
| 1960s | 128 | 6,602 | #303 |
| 1970s | 89 | 3,888 | #411 |
| 1980s | 144 | 2,621 | #567 |
| 1990s | 99 | 2,235 | #802 |
| 2000s | 118 | 2,045 | #862 |
| 2010s | 178 | 1,310 | #1,379 |
| 2020–25 | 129 | 638 | #1,864 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.3% of babies named Sammy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Sammy is most popular
The index compares Sammy'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 Sammy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 4.63× | 990 |
| Arkansas | 3.91× | 1,554 |
| Mississippi | 3.71× | 1,736 |
| Oklahoma | 2.76× | 1,393 |
| Tennessee | 2.74× | 2,233 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Sammy 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sammy (this page) | 42,151 | 1946 |
| Sammie | 17,685 | 1931 |
| 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 Sammy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Sammy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Sammy (1946).
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