Is Sam a boy or girl name?
Sam is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 18 girls and 423 boys were named Sam, so 4.1% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 1.2% of the 128,347 US babies named Sam were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #651
- Girl rank, 2024
- #6,572
- Babies named Sam since 1880
- 128,347
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 2,528 babies
Boys and girls named Sam, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,069 | 11 | 0.2% |
| 1890s | 4,941 | 32 | 0.6% |
| 1900s | 6,161 | 65 | 1% |
| 1910s | 18,544 | 196 | 1% |
| 1920s | 20,844 | 263 | 1.2% |
| 1930s | 13,350 | 146 | 1.1% |
| 1940s | 12,351 | 105 | 0.8% |
| 1950s | 10,052 | 119 | 1.2% |
| 1960s | 8,652 | 131 | 1.5% |
| 1970s | 4,517 | 69 | 1.5% |
| 1980s | 4,040 | 72 | 1.8% |
| 1990s | 5,437 | 43 | 0.8% |
| 2000s | 5,748 | 96 | 1.6% |
| 2010s | 5,031 | 126 | 2.4% |
| 2020s | 2,058 | 78 | 3.7% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 423 | #651 | 18 | #6,572 |
| 2023 | 403 | #675 | 11 | #9,492 |
| 2022 | 418 | #658 | 18 | #6,663 |
| 2021 | 412 | #659 | 19 | #6,372 |
| 2020 | 402 | #655 | 12 | #8,857 |
| 2019 | 442 | #618 | 14 | #8,070 |
| 2018 | 453 | #604 | 13 | #8,529 |
| 2017 | 527 | #538 | 12 | #9,252 |
| 2016 | 478 | #580 | 17 | #7,176 |
| 2015 | 523 | #547 | 12 | #9,390 |
| 2014 | 523 | #534 | 13 | #8,878 |
| 2013 | 480 | #553 | 14 | #8,503 |
| 2012 | 510 | #518 | 5 | #19,052 |
| 2011 | 545 | #483 | 14 | #8,547 |
| 2010 | 550 | #472 | 12 | #9,691 |
| 2009 | 581 | #470 | 15 | #8,383 |
| 2008 | 608 | #458 | 21 | #6,525 |
| 2007 | 614 | #453 | 9 | #12,473 |
| 2006 | 586 | #461 | 16 | #7,786 |
| 2005 | 557 | #460 | 12 | #9,347 |
| 2004 | 593 | #438 | 7 | #13,909 |
| 2003 | 577 | #436 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 561 | #442 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 554 | #438 | 10 | #9,957 |
| 2000 | 517 | #460 | 6 | #14,664 |
| 1999 | 498 | #460 | 6 | #14,080 |
| 1998 | 492 | #458 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 484 | #458 | 5 | #15,633 |
| 1996 | 527 | #428 | 8 | #10,342 |
| 1995 | 569 | #404 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 554 | #414 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 561 | #415 | 12 | #7,379 |
| 1992 | 575 | #401 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 591 | #384 | 7 | #11,237 |
| 1990 | 586 | #397 | 5 | #14,744 |
| 1989 | 503 | #415 | 5 | #14,035 |
| 1988 | 479 | #413 | 6 | #11,445 |
| 1987 | 483 | #393 | 6 | #10,970 |
| 1986 | 381 | #441 | 8 | #8,329 |
| 1985 | 348 | #461 | 11 | #6,360 |
| 1984 | 363 | #444 | 6 | #10,087 |
| 1983 | 360 | #434 | 11 | #6,136 |
| 1982 | 374 | #433 | 7 | #8,986 |
| 1981 | 384 | #426 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 365 | #429 | 12 | #5,826 |
| 1979 | 374 | #410 | 7 | #8,776 |
| 1978 | 417 | #378 | 7 | #8,338 |
| 1977 | 357 | #418 | 5 | #10,896 |
| 1976 | 398 | #388 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 420 | #377 | 9 | #6,346 |
| 1974 | 437 | #366 | 6 | #8,494 |
| 1973 | 476 | #351 | 6 | #8,192 |
| 1972 | 497 | #346 | 6 | #8,026 |
| 1971 | 541 | #340 | 10 | #5,443 |
| 1970 | 600 | #321 | 13 | #4,436 |
| 1969 | 583 | #318 | 8 | #5,861 |
| 1968 | 567 | #320 | 8 | #5,539 |
| 1967 | 607 | #299 | 11 | #4,247 |
| 1966 | 678 | #285 | 14 | #3,512 |
| 1965 | 774 | #267 | 16 | #3,238 |
| 1964 | 955 | #248 | 9 | #4,930 |
| 1963 | 1,016 | #236 | 9 | #4,834 |
| 1962 | 1,071 | #236 | 23 | #2,589 |
| 1961 | 1,192 | #229 | 17 | #3,164 |
| 1960 | 1,209 | #228 | 16 | #3,185 |
| 1959 | 1,298 | #214 | 13 | #3,592 |
| 1958 | 1,177 | #225 | 13 | #3,517 |
| 1957 | 1,069 | #232 | 10 | #4,159 |
| 1956 | 951 | #238 | 11 | #3,868 |
| 1955 | 874 | #239 | 11 | #3,749 |
| 1954 | 873 | #238 | 14 | #3,133 |
| 1953 | 880 | #229 | 12 | #3,442 |
| 1952 | 940 | #215 | 10 | #3,749 |
| 1951 | 1,034 | #201 | 15 | #2,791 |
| 1950 | 956 | #207 | 10 | #3,629 |
| 1949 | 1,104 | #188 | 8 | #4,181 |
| 1948 | 1,238 | #176 | 10 | #3,562 |
| 1947 | 1,416 | #169 | 8 | #4,286 |
| 1946 | 1,304 | #164 | 8 | #3,938 |
| 1945 | 1,137 | #161 | 7 | #3,966 |
| 1944 | 1,212 | #157 | 10 | #3,110 |
| 1943 | 1,322 | #153 | 15 | #2,432 |
| 1942 | 1,280 | #152 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1941 | 1,191 | #150 | 12 | #2,647 |
| 1940 | 1,147 | #150 | 10 | #2,927 |
| 1939 | 1,121 | #145 | 9 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 1,162 | #141 | 15 | #2,207 |
| 1937 | 1,213 | #132 | 13 | #2,433 |
| 1936 | 1,236 | #131 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1935 | 1,364 | #126 | 10 | #2,901 |
| 1934 | 1,321 | #127 | 7 | #3,751 |
| 1933 | 1,351 | #121 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1932 | 1,454 | #120 | 18 | #1,940 |
| 1931 | 1,460 | #118 | 20 | #1,795 |
| 1930 | 1,668 | #110 | 17 | #2,094 |
| 1929 | 1,730 | #105 | 30 | #1,414 |
| 1928 | 1,759 | #109 | 32 | #1,392 |
| 1927 | 1,904 | #102 | 23 | #1,818 |
| 1926 | 2,033 | #92 | 22 | #1,875 |
| 1925 | 2,092 | #91 | 25 | #1,738 |
| 1924 | 2,123 | #91 | 30 | #1,563 |
| 1923 | 2,204 | #89 | 24 | #1,775 |
| 1922 | 2,349 | #84 | 28 | #1,607 |
| 1921 | 2,367 | #85 | 26 | #1,718 |
| 1920 | 2,283 | #84 | 23 | #1,804 |
| 1919 | 2,384 | #75 | 36 | #1,295 |
| 1918 | 2,505 | #75 | 23 | #1,745 |
| 1917 | 2,455 | #72 | 14 | #2,408 |
| 1916 | 2,313 | #74 | 23 | #1,626 |
| 1915 | 2,339 | #68 | 27 | #1,395 |
| 1914 | 1,880 | #67 | 18 | #1,595 |
| 1913 | 1,527 | #65 | 23 | #1,170 |
| 1912 | 1,325 | #63 | 13 | #1,610 |
| 1911 | 928 | #47 | 6 | #2,422 |
| 1910 | 888 | #40 | 13 | #1,326 |
| 1909 | 700 | #44 | 8 | #1,740 |
| 1908 | 644 | #46 | 5 | #2,381 |
| 1907 | 631 | #43 | 8 | #1,622 |
| 1906 | 552 | #43 | 6 | #1,921 |
| 1905 | 620 | #39 | 8 | #1,518 |
| 1904 | 603 | #40 | 5 | #2,132 |
| 1903 | 552 | #41 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 559 | #41 | 7 | #1,570 |
| 1901 | 479 | #41 | 7 | #1,447 |
| 1900 | 821 | #34 | 11 | #1,215 |
| 1899 | 469 | #44 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 543 | #42 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 478 | #45 | 5 | #1,765 |
| 1896 | 518 | #43 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 487 | #43 | 5 | #1,777 |
| 1894 | 507 | #43 | 8 | #1,221 |
| 1893 | 481 | #43 | 7 | #1,269 |
| 1892 | 551 | #38 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 418 | #43 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 489 | #41 | 7 | #1,185 |
| 1889 | 486 | #40 | 6 | #1,255 |
| 1888 | 607 | #34 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1887 | 463 | #39 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 519 | #34 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 492 | #35 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 533 | #33 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 476 | #33 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 555 | #30 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 481 | #32 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 457 | #36 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Sam reached #30 in 1882. As a girl name, it reached #1,170 in 1913. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Sam
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.