Samie
Samie is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:SurnameCatherine Samie (1933–2026), French actressGiven nameSamie Elishi, English television personality Samie Parker, American football player and coach
Meaning & Origin of Samie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Samie is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:SurnameCatherine Samie (1933–2026), French actressGiven nameSamie Elishi, English television personality Samie Parker, American football player and coach
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The Story of Samie
As a girl name
Samie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1917, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1982: 11 births, good for #5,910 nationwide. About 24% of every Samie on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Samie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 177 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Samie on the record books as a boy name in 1902, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 32 Samies were born — ranking #1,296 that year. About 34% of every Samie on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Samie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 631 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Samie
Samie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1902 and has accumulated 631 births in the dataset. Samie's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #1,296. Use the chart and map above to compare Samie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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