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Sam
Recorded 128,810 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 1918.
#1257 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 7,335
U.S. · 2025 records
Rare gem
rarity tier
≈49,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Sams are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 49,000 Sams are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 7,000 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Sam through the years, 1880–2025

1918 · 2,529 2,529 0
18802025
Peak Sam year: 1918 (ringed), with 2,529 recorded. Current usage: ~96% boys. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.