Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sam

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sam
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

2,505

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

83.1%

2024

423

All-time

126,795

Sam has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 2,505 boys were named Sam.

In 2024, only 423 boys were given the name.

Down 83.1% from its peak.

All told, about 126,795 Americans have been named Sam and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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