Sam is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1257 for boy births in the United States, given to 452 babies. Sam first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (2,529 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 452 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 443 | #1,280 |
| 2023 | 414 | #1,346 |
| 2022 | 436 | #1,289 |
| 2021 | 431 | #1,303 |
| 2020 | 414 | #1,316 |
| 2019 | 457 | #1,225 |
| 2018 | 466 | #1,218 |
| 2017 | 540 | #1,083 |
| 2016 | 495 | #1,176 |
| 2015 | 535 | #1,100 |
| 2014 | 536 | #1,090 |
| 2013 | 494 | #1,120 |
| 2012 | 515 | #1,080 |
| 2011 | 560 | #997 |
| 2010 | 562 | #995 |
| 2009 | 597 | #965 |
| 2008 | 629 | #953 |
| 2007 | 624 | #955 |
| 2006 | 602 | #948 |
| 2005 | 569 | #961 |
| 2004 | 602 | #921 |
| 2003 | 577 | #923 |
| 2002 | 561 | #926 |
| 2001 | 564 | #913 |
| 2000 | 523 | #963 |
| 1999 | 504 | #964 |
| 1998 | 492 | #961 |
| 1997 | 489 | #941 |
| 1996 | 535 | #881 |
| 1995 | 569 | #846 |
| 1994 | 554 | #863 |
| 1993 | 573 | #842 |
| 1992 | 575 | #846 |
| 1991 | 598 | #803 |
| 1990 | 591 | #823 |
| 1989 | 508 | #883 |
| 1988 | 485 | #880 |
| 1987 | 489 | #846 |
| 1986 | 389 | #955 |
| 1985 | 359 | #1,000 |
| 1984 | 369 | #947 |
| 1983 | 371 | #930 |
| 1982 | 380 | #940 |
| 1981 | 384 | #928 |
| 1980 | 376 | #931 |
| 1979 | 381 | #908 |
| 1978 | 424 | #839 |
| 1977 | 362 | #923 |
| 1976 | 397 | #858 |
| 1975 | 430 | #819 |
| 1974 | 442 | #797 |
| 1973 | 482 | #754 |
| 1972 | 503 | #738 |
| 1971 | 551 | #727 |
| 1970 | 613 | #698 |
| 1969 | 591 | #693 |
| 1968 | 576 | #689 |
| 1967 | 618 | #648 |
| 1966 | 692 | #608 |
| 1965 | 790 | #579 |
| 1964 | 964 | #543 |
| 1963 | 1,026 | #520 |
| 1962 | 1,093 | #507 |
| 1961 | 1,211 | #484 |
| 1960 | 1,227 | #476 |
| 1959 | 1,311 | #451 |
| 1958 | 1,190 | #470 |
| 1957 | 1,079 | #496 |
| 1956 | 962 | #516 |
| 1955 | 885 | #526 |
| 1954 | 887 | #520 |
| 1953 | 892 | #500 |
| 1952 | 950 | #466 |
| 1951 | 1,049 | #439 |
| 1950 | 966 | #446 |
| 1949 | 1,112 | #411 |
| 1948 | 1,248 | #381 |
| 1947 | 1,424 | #362 |
| 1946 | 1,312 | #351 |
| 1945 | 1,144 | #338 |
| 1944 | 1,222 | #331 |
| 1943 | 1,337 | #325 |
| 1942 | 1,297 | #325 |
| 1941 | 1,203 | #320 |
| 1940 | 1,157 | #325 |
| 1939 | 1,130 | #317 |
| 1938 | 1,177 | #313 |
| 1937 | 1,226 | #295 |
| 1936 | 1,255 | #289 |
| 1935 | 1,374 | #273 |
| 1934 | 1,328 | #284 |
| 1933 | 1,369 | #269 |
| 1932 | 1,472 | #262 |
| 1931 | 1,480 | #258 |
| 1930 | 1,685 | #245 |
| 1929 | 1,760 | #236 |
| 1928 | 1,791 | #243 |
| 1927 | 1,927 | #238 |
| 1926 | 2,055 | #222 |
| 1925 | 2,117 | #221 |
| 1924 | 2,153 | #223 |
| 1923 | 2,228 | #210 |
| 1922 | 2,377 | #199 |
| 1921 | 2,393 | #200 |
| 1920 | 2,306 | #197 |
| 1919 | 2,420 | #178 |
| 1918 | 2,529 | #176 |
| 1917 | 2,468 | #170 |
| 1916 | 2,336 | #173 |
| 1915 | 2,366 | #160 |
| 1914 | 1,898 | #154 |
| 1913 | 1,550 | #153 |
| 1912 | 1,338 | #156 |
| 1911 | 934 | #145 |
| 1910 | 901 | #137 |
| 1909 | 708 | #151 |
| 1908 | 649 | #155 |
| 1907 | 639 | #149 |
| 1906 | 558 | #155 |
| 1905 | 628 | #141 |
| 1904 | 608 | #142 |
| 1903 | 552 | #144 |
| 1902 | 566 | #147 |
| 1901 | 486 | #151 |
| 1900 | 832 | #117 |
| 1899 | 469 | #151 |
| 1898 | 543 | #150 |
| 1897 | 483 | #153 |
| 1896 | 518 | #142 |
| 1895 | 492 | #149 |
| 1894 | 515 | #143 |
| 1893 | 488 | #141 |
| 1892 | 551 | #127 |
| 1891 | 418 | #143 |
| 1890 | 496 | #129 |
| 1889 | 492 | #124 |
| 1888 | 612 | #107 |
| 1887 | 463 | #113 |
| 1886 | 519 | #104 |
| 1885 | 492 | #106 |
| 1884 | 533 | #98 |
| 1883 | 476 | #99 |
| 1882 | 555 | #86 |
| 1881 | 481 | #87 |
| 1880 | 457 | #93 |