Recorded 1945–2025 · United States
Sami was most popular in 2025, when 220 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,075 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,075, with 220 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,727 people named Sami.
Sami first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1945, which makes it about 80 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 81 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,727 American births named Sami between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 6,547 are estimated to be alive today.
220 American babies were named Sami in 2025, ranking #2,075 that year.
Sami is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 176 births a year, against 163 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +8% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Sami is a unisex name — 21.2% of the 6,727 Americans given it were girls and 78.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1975 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 13% girls and 87% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 6,547 Americans named Sami are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 10 and 33.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org