Sam Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Sam: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 127,234 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

127,234

Peak year

1918 #75

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-9.5%

In the 1910s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	546	#481
2012	510	#518
2013	480	#553
2014	523	#536
2015	523	#547
2016	478	#580
2017	528	#537
2018	453	#604
2019	443	#618
2020	402	#655
2021	412	#659
2022	418	#658
2023	403	#676
2024	425	#650
2025	428	#647

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

329

162

149

148

134

129

Names from the same era

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