Sammie
Pet form of Samuel, and later of Samantha; the Hebrew Shemu'el behind it is read either as name of God or as God has heard.
Sammie in 2025
Sammie was given to 48 babies in the United States in 2025 — 16 boys and 32 girls, making it the 5,813th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 69,070 babies born.
The history of Sammie
Sammie reached its highest point in 1947, when 636 babies were given the name, ranking 568th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 508th, in 1942.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 28,669 babies have been named Sammie. Half of them were born before 1945, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Sammie by decade
| Decade | Babies named Sammie | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 118 | 762 |
| 1890s | 246 | 728 |
| 1900s | 514 | 651 |
| 1910s | 2,019 | 610 |
| 1920s | 4,025 | 564 |
| 1930s | 4,648 | 522 |
| 1940s | 5,637 | 508 |
| 1950s | 4,220 | 654 |
| 1960s | 2,564 | 925 |
| 1970s | 1,486 | 1,288 |
| 1980s | 1,029 | 1,867 |
| 1990s | 687 | 2,609 |
| 2000s | 562 | 4,483 |
| 2010s | 605 | 4,193 |
| 2020s | 309 | 4,832 |
Where Sammie is heading
Sammie has fallen 21% over the past decade, from 61 babies in 2015 to 48 in 2025.
Names like Sammie
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Sammie.