Sammy — #1554 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sammy

The Social Security Administration has registered 43,289 babies named Sammy between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sammy currently holds the #1554 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 1,210 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sammy performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 9,360 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Sammy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,878 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Sammy in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sammy 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 43,289 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.