Sammy
Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel or Samantha, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Sammy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel or Samantha, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Sammy
American parents first put Sammy on the record books as a baby boy name in 1896, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 1,210 Sammys were born — ranking #175 that year. About 22% of every Sammy on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Sammy ranks #1,598 for baby boys with 108 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 44K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sammy
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About the name Sammy
Sammy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1896 and has accumulated 44K births in the dataset. Sammy's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #170. Use the chart and map above to compare Sammy'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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