Masculine dossier · first seen 1896

Sammy

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

Endangered Down 90.7% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

1,210

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1896Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

90.7%

2024

112

All-time

43,289

Sammy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 1,210 boys were named Sammy.

In 2024, only 112 boys were given the name.

Down 90.7% from its peak.

All told, about 43,289 Americans have been named Sammy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.7% from peak

19471,210 boys named Sammy

2024112 boys named Sammy

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