Samwise

#5,010 in 2025Boys' name

Simple, half wise

Samwise has been given to 198 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #5,010 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Samwise, 2025

1 in 166,000

Samwise over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Samwise: meaning, origin, and history

Simple, half wise

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Samwise means

Samwise means “simple, half wise”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 198 boys were recorded with the name Samwise between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,597 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,962 in 2020 to #5,010 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,605 in 2015 to #5,010 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Samwise?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 166,000; 20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 85,400; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,010; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 114,896 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Samwise sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samwise. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Samwises were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Samwise was born before 2020 — so the typical Samwise is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 51.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 198; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 51.5% of all recorded uses (102).

Is Samwise rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −164; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,952; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,595; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.54×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 90.9%; Peak was 2021 (22)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,597; 2021

Spellings of Samwise

Samwise is not the most common spelling — Sammie is, with 96.2% against Samwise's 0.91%.

Sammie96.2%20,836
Samie2.9%631
Samwise0.91%198

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Samwise by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,010
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,952
Best rank ever: #4,597; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 22 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 198
Count in 2025: 20

Names similar to Samwise

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Samwise

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Leigha

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Henri Gavyn

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