Boy · #647 in 2025

Sam

Sam: popularity and trends since 1880

Rank
#647
Born 2025
428
Peak year
1900

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Sam per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 1900. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Recent trend

Sam has held steady: its share of boys born has barely moved over the last 10 years. It now stands at 5% of its 1900 peak.

Sounds good with

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.