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Sam
Pronounced /ˈsæm/
Rank in 2024
#650
Born in 2024
423
Peak year
1918 · #75
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:18 in 2024 (#6,409)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 423 boys were named Sam, about 1 in every 4,055.
- It peaked in 1918 with 2,505 babies, ranked #75.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 126,795 boys have been named Sam since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Sam per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 2.5Greatest1901–27
- 1.2Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 41,239 babies, 2.47 per 1,000. Silent: 24,128 babies, 1.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 20,557 babies, 0.55 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,091 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,638 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,827 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,484 babies, 0.25 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A diminutive of the male given names Samuel and Samson.
- A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈsæm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Sam, CC BY-SA 4.0.