Sammy

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 16% girls / 84% boys

Meaning

Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel or Samantha, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami.

From Wikipedia

Sammy 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 2009 with 44 babies (rank #694 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sammy

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

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

770

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Sammy

Sammy Bossutassociation football player · b. 1985
Sammy Ameobiassociation football player · b. 1992
Sammy Leeassociation football player · b. 1959
Sammy Sosabaseball player · b. 1968

More popular boys' names

Other boys' names starting with S

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	29	#586
1997	26	#653
1998	23	#735
1999	30	#600
2000	20	#841
2001	36	#540
2002	33	#607
2003	25	#830
2004	24	#899
2005	41	#649
2006	38	#707
2007	34	#794
2008	40	#743
2009	44	#694
2010	40	#755
2011	39	#793
2012	24	#1,144
2013	22	#1,179
2014	23	#1,172
2015	29	#1,018
2016	29	#1,015