Sam

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Korean

Meaning

Sam is a unisex given name. It is often short for other names, such as Samuel or Samantha.

From Wikipedia

Sam first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 1,638 babies (rank #47 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sam

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sam yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

19,492
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
1,638
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19961,638#47
19971,562#47
19981,441#49
19991,375#50
20001,211#55
20011,132#55
20021,069#57
2003981#63
20041,227#54
20051,009#67
2006952#72
2007869#76
2008901#79
2009735#88
2010692#93
2011579#112
2012522#124
2013465#128
2014405#140
2015330#178
2016300#187