Samy
Samy was the 3740th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 3190th; the most babies were born in 2017 (36). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,508 places. More babies were named Samy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,740 boys, up 1,916 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 30boys
- Girls and boys
- 8% girls, 92% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201736 babies
- Total since 1880
- 912babies recorded
Samy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,633 | #3,740 | 6 | 30 |
| 2020 | — | #5,656 | — | 16 |
| 2010 | — | #4,081 | — | 25 |
| 2000 | — | #4,531 | — | 17 |
| 1990 | — | #4,628 | — | 12 |
| 1980 | — | #3,805 | — | 11 |
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How popular is Samy, counting every spelling?
Samy is a spelling of Sami, a name family that ranked #787 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,740 for Samy on its own. Together these spellings went to 308 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Samy?
30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Samy (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Samy 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 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Samy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Samy?
About 900 people born in the US named Samy are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 9 and 28. That makes Samy mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Samy by state
How common Samy was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Samy: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Samy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Samy
How popular is the name Samy?
Samy was the 3740th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 3190th; the most babies were born in 2017 (36). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,508 places. More babies were named Samy in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Samy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 8% girls, 92% boys given the name Samy in the US.
Where is Samy most popular?
In 2021–2025, Samy was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and California.