Sammye

Peak · girls
1945 · 26 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
723
since 1913

Sammye over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Sammye has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #1,621, 1945girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1976#9,2845
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1970#7,0706
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1968#4,7799
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1966#5,8096
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1964#5,4747
1963#5,8916
1962#5,8606
1961#4,00911
1960#4,4379
1959#5,0317
1958#3,92510
1957#6,0865
1956#3,18614
1955#3,77810
1954#2,88915
1953#2,17323
1952#2,92114
1951#1,84228
1950#3,23511
1949#2,72614
1948#1,77828
1947#1,79029
1946#1,77126
1945#1,62126
1944#1,80822
1943#1,79123
1942#1,86021
1941#1,75021
1940#2,29713
1939#2,30013
1938#3,1818
1937#1,67921
1936#2,26313
1935#1,77919
1934#2,56711
1933#1,77319
1932#2,36513
1931#2,20514
1930#2,69011
1929#2,43713
1928#1,83721
1927#3,2849
1926#3,04610
1925#2,48914
1924#2,40915
1923#3,12510
1922#2,78012
1921#4,4646
1920#3,5988
1919#4,8145
1918#3,02410
1917#3,3448
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1915#2,9009
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1913#2,8276
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Sammye! It came in at #2,827, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Sammye is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Sammye in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Sammye
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1945 at #1,621 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 50,273
  • Highest: 1 in 50,273 girls born in 1945 were named Sammye (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 30.8% of all girls named Sammye (223) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s38#2,827 (1913)#3,382
1920s118#1,837 (1928)#2,947
1930s142#1,679 (1937)#2,280
1940s223#1,621 (1945)#1,919
1950s137#1,842 (1951)#3,507
1960s54#4,009 (1961)#5,180
1970s11#7,070 (1970)#8,177

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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