Sami
- #4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births
- #1,112 for boys in 2025, 193 births
- Given to boys 78.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 174 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,303since 1955
Sami over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,878 | 27 | #1,112 | 193 |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | #1,262 | 156 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | #1,300 | 147 |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | #1,468 | 123 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 | #1,349 | 137 |
| 2020 | #4,648 | 28 | #1,313 | 137 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #1,432 | 122 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #1,188 | 160 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #1,110 | 174 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #1,164 | 164 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #1,132 | 168 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,229 | 148 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #1,291 | 134 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #1,359 | 124 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | #1,212 | 144 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #1,267 | 137 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #1,257 | 140 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #1,165 | 155 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #1,263 | 139 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #1,239 | 135 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #1,201 | 132 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #1,132 | 139 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #1,197 | 123 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #1,147 | 124 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #1,118 | 126 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #1,353 | 94 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,283 | 95 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 | #1,301 | 91 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | #1,154 | 106 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | #1,149 | 103 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #1,359 | 75 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | #1,231 | 88 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #1,228 | 85 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #1,228 | 84 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #1,227 | 82 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,318 | 71 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #1,243 | 75 |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 | #1,270 | 65 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | #1,587 | 44 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #1,457 | 47 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | #1,452 | 46 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #1,347 | 48 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #1,815 | 31 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #2,464 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #3,619 | 6 |
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| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1955
The first year at least five boys were named Sami! It came in at #3,886, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sami is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Virginia#452 · 1 in 2,191
- Michigan#571 · 1 in 2,871
- Illinois#606 · 1 in 3,303
- Massachusetts#620 · 1 in 3,860
- Ohio#676 · 1 in 4,041
Best ever in a state: #452 in Massachusetts, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #452 | 17 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Michigan | #571 | 14 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Illinois | #606 | 15 | 1 in 3,303 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Ohio | #676 | 13 | 1 in 4,041 |
| New Jersey | #766 | 8 | 1 in 4,971 |
| New York | #914 | 14 | 1 in 6,030 |
| California | #988 | 22 | 1 in 7,976 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Florida | #1,056 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Texas | #1,250 | 16 | 1 in 10,941 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sami
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 201 spots since 2020 (#1,313 → #1,112)
Rise & fade · boys
62 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 2017 at #1,110 (174 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,850
- Highest: 1 in 8,850 boys born in 2025 were named Sami (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,110 in 2017, was only 1 in 10,638 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 27.8% of all boys named Sami (1,475) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #2,631 (1957) | #3,379 |
| 1960s | 88 | #2,139 (1967) | #2,849 |
| 1970s | 193 | #1,711 (1976) | #2,313 |
| 1980s | 446 | #1,243 (1989) | #1,598 |
| 1990s | 880 | #1,149 (1996) | #1,248 |
| 2000s | 1,307 | #1,118 (2001) | #1,207 |
| 2010s | 1,475 | #1,110 (2017) | #1,238 |
| 2020s | 893 | #1,112 (2025) | #1,301 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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