Sammi — #6412 US girls' name
1,657 babies named Sammi in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Sammi was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Sammi in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sammi
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,657 babies named Sammi between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sammi currently holds the #6412 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sammi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 326 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Sammi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sammi in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sammi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,657 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sammi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sammi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1974)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #6412 among girls.
1,657 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 50 births in a single year.
Sammi popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 1994 (Sammi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sammi accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sammi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 326 births that decade — 20% of Sammi's all-time total
Sammi decade highlights
- Peak decade 326 births
- Runner-up 302 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sammi's strongest decade
326 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Sammi by state
Where Sammi concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 103 | 6.2% |
| #2 | New York | | 71 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 66 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.3% |
103 of 1,657 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
- Texas 4.0% of nationwide
- Kansas 0.3% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.