How Many People Are Named Sam?
people named Sam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,061 people in the US has this name
Based on 128,810 babies named Sam in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,529 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sam, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0.2% of the babies were girls then and 3.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sam alive today is about 47 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 23 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sam first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 2,529 babies. In 2025, 452 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sam never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #30, in 1882, and it was in the top 100 for 47 years, 1880 to 1926. In 2025 it ranked #647.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #647 |
| Best rank | #30 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | 47 (1880 to 1926) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #94 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sam were born in California than in any other state: about 5,318 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sam was given 2.8 times as often in Mississippi, 2.1 times in South Carolina and 1.9 times in Alabama.
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