Sammy
About Sammy
Short for Samuel or long for Sam, Sammy is a sweet midcentury nickname name that we can see coming back.
Pronounced SAM-ee.
As of October 2026, Sammy ranked #1864 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #170 in 1946.
Editor's take: The name Sammy is a boy's name meaning "god has heard".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,254 | 143 | 74.4 |
| 2015 | #1,379 | 126 | 65.7 |
| 2016 | #1,380 | 129 | 68 |
| 2017 | #1,299 | 140 | 75.6 |
| 2018 | #1,486 | 117 | 64.4 |
| 2019 | #1,611 | 103 | 57.4 |
| 2020 | #1,574 | 104 | 60.3 |
| 2021 | #1,495 | 120 | 68.6 |
| 2022 | #1,561 | 114 | 65.3 |
| 2023 | #1,722 | 97 | 56.7 |
| 2024 | #1,556 | 112 | 65 |
| 2025 | #1,864 | 85 | 49.8 |
World rankings
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Sammy on lists
Famous Sammys
- Samuel George "Sammy" Davis
Jr., American singer, actor, and dancer
- Sammy Cahn (born Samuel Cohen)
American songwriter
- Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar
leader singer of American band Van Halen
- Samuel Kelvin "Sammy" Peralta Sosa
Dominican baseball player
- Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg)
American composer
- Sammy Giammalva
Jr., American tennis player
- Samuel Adrian "Sammy" Baugh
American football player
- Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw
American country music singer
- Sammy Brooks
American actor
- Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay
Jr.), American bandleader and songwriter
- Samuel Baxter "Sammy" McIlroy
Northern Irish footballer
- Samuel Lee "Sammy" Green
American football player
Sammy in pop culture
- Sammy Dhupam
character in "Sims" series
- Sammy Lieberman
character on Australian TV show Dance Academy
- Sammy Valdez
character in the Heroes of Olympus series
- Sammy
character on British TV show "The Tribe"
- Sammy Square
character on Australian animated series "The Shapies"
- Sammy Keyes
children's book series by Wendelin Van Draanen
- "Sammy
" animated TV series about actor Sammy Blake
- "Sammy
" Belgian comics series about bodyguard Sammy Day
- Sammy Valdez
character of Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson's spinoff series, "The Heroes of Olympus"