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Samy

#3,739 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Sami

Samy has been given to 912 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #3,739 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 36 recorded.

Babies named Samy, 2025

1 in 111,000

Samy over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Samy: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Sami

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Samy means

Samy is a alternate transcription of Sami.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Samy is a alternate transcription of Sami. Sami has more than one origin or interpretation.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sami.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 895 boys were recorded with the name Samy between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2017; its best national rank was #3,185 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,652 in 2020 to #3,739 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,244 in 2015 to #3,739 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Samy between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2024; its best national rank was #14,629 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.

How common is Samy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 111,000
30 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 56,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,739
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
76,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Samy 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 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Samy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Samys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Samy was born before 2008 — so the typical Samy is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
28.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
895
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 28.6% of all recorded uses (256).

Is Samy 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
+222
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,913
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,505
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.67×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
83.3%
Peak was 2017 (36)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,185
1988

Spellings of Samy

Samy is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 52.2% against Samy's 0.05%.

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.

Where Samy is used

Across 1910–2025, Samy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 336,534 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Samy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Samy around the world

Where Samy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2019–2019
    #764
    in 2019
  • France
    1928–2025
    #231
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #622
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Samy by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,739
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,913
Best rank ever
#3,185
1988
Peak year
2017
36 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
895
Count in 2025
30

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,629
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#14,629
2025
Peak year
2024
6 that year
First recorded
2011
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Samy

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

SamadSamarSamerSamayRamySamajSamariSamiSamaelSamieSamilSamarthSameulSameerSamvelSamanSamirSamualJamySammuelSamulSamierSamyakSamiel

Sibling names for Samy

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

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