How Many People Are Named Sami?
people named Sami are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,236 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,727 babies named Sami in Social Security records from 1945 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
220 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of SAMI (2).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sami, 20.9% were girls and 79.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sami fell from 63.3% in the 1960s to 14.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sami alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sami first appears in the records in 1945, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 220 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1945 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sami has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,113, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #1,114. Among girls, its best rank was #2,783, in 1976.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,114 | #4,968 |
| Best rank | #1,113 (2017) | #2,783 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,227 in the 2010s | #5,473 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sami alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sami were born in California than in any other state: about 728 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sami was given 2.8 times as often in New Jersey, 2.7 times in Virginia and 2.5 times in New York.
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