# Sammi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sammi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 56 / 1,676 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 191, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Respelling of Sammy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,054 |
| 2012 | 32 | 4,587 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,121 |
| 2014 | 31 | 4,639 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,834 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,263 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,159 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,869 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,525 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,508 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,965 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,440 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,988 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,603 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,280 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 9,979 |
| 1998 | 5 | 11,000 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8,070 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,984 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8,303 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12,886 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,950 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,555 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,891 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12 | 1,475 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2,023 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 1,765 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,498 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Sammi

- Sammi Hanratty, American actress
- Sammi Rotibi, American Nigerian actor
- Sammi Davis, British actress
- Sammi Kane Kraft, actress, musician (1992-2012)
- Sammi Smith, American country singer (1943–2005)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.