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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Sammie

Sammie was the 4443rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 549th; the most babies were born in 1943 (186). Over the last ten years it has moved down 228 places. More babies were named Sammie in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Meaning pet form of Samuel or Samantha · English, Hebrew

Say it SAM-ee /ˈsæmi/

Rank in 2025
#4,443 girls, down 712 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
32girls
Girls and boys
64% girls, 36% boys2021–2025
Peak year
1943186 babies
Total since 1880
28,669babies recorded

What does the name Sammie mean?

Sammie is a pet form of Samuel for boys and of Samantha for girls, and has also been given as a full name. Samuel is Hebrew; DMNES notes that its meaning is disputed, either "name of God" or "God has heard" (the explanation suggested in 1 Samuel 1:20). Samantha is probably a feminine of Samuel. In the US Sammie was most common in the 1930s to 1950s.

שְׁמוּאֵל (Biblical Hebrew, “Shemuel, "name of God" or "God has heard"”)

How sure is this? Well established. Samuel's meaning is disputed.

Related names: Sammy, Sam, Samuel, Samantha.

See also: Hebrew names.

Sources for this meaning

Sammie popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#4,443#5,8063216
2020#3,731#4,8344020
2010#5,219#2,8632742
2000#5,122#2,7962333
1990#3,793#1,6312851
1980#4,475#9441791
1970#2,193#65937155
1960#1,402#46662290
1950#898#33898397
1940#606#302134342
1930#605#304131348
1920#683#368114268
1910#792#3743048
1900#796#4002232
1890#819#728129
1880#824#89466

How popular is Sammie, counting every spelling?

Sammie has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Sammie?

32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sammie (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Sammie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sammie.

Chance of another Sammie in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Sammie?

About 3,700 people born in the US named Sammie are alive today, with a median age of 65; half are between 35 and 79. That makes Sammie a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Sammie by state

How common Sammie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Sammie, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Sammie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Sammie, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Sammie · Sibling names for Sammie

Questions about the name Sammie

What does Sammie mean?

Sammie means “pet form of Samuel or Samantha” (English, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.

How popular is the name Sammie?

Sammie was the 4443rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 1936, when it ranked 549th; the most babies were born in 1943 (186). Over the last ten years it has moved down 228 places. More babies were named Sammie in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Sammie a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 64% girls, 36% boys given the name Sammie in the US.

Where is Sammie most popular?

In 2021–2025, Sammie was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.