# Sammy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sammy/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsæmi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,140 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 43,382 / 1,758 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 977, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sam + -y.

## 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 | 13 | 9,054 |
| 2012 | 13 | 9,032 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,979 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,175 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,935 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,158 |
| 2017 | 14 | 8,219 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7,055 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,636 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,509 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,378 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,606 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,850 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,360 |
| 2025 | 25 | 5,208 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 158 | 1,146 |
| 2012 | 120 | 1,395 |
| 2013 | 119 | 1,412 |
| 2014 | 143 | 1,254 |
| 2015 | 126 | 1,379 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1,380 |
| 2017 | 140 | 1,299 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,487 |
| 2019 | 104 | 1,603 |
| 2020 | 104 | 1,574 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,478 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,558 |
| 2023 | 98 | 1,717 |
| 2024 | 114 | 1,547 |
| 2025 | 85 | 1,864 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 781 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## People named Sammy

- Sammy Bossut, Belgian association football player
- Sammy Ameobi, English-Nigerian footballer (born 1992)
- Sammy Lee, English association football player
- Sammy Ndjock, Cameroonian footballer
- Sammy Baugh, American football player, coach (1914-2008)
- Sammy Mejía, Dominican basketball player
- Sammy Price, American pianist (1908-1992)
- Sammy Guevara, American professional wrestler
- Sammy Brooks, actor (1891-1951)
- Sammy Kershaw, American country musician
- Sammy Sullivan, American rugby player
- Sammy Woods, Australian sportsman (1867-1931)

## 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.