Sammy
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Sammy
Short for Samuel or long for Sam, Sammy is a sweet midcentury nickname name that we can see coming back.
Sammy for girls#5208 US
Short for Samantha 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.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,254 | 143 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,379 | 126 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,380 | 129 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,299 | 140 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,486 | 117 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,611 | 103 | #4,634 | 30 |
| 2020 | #1,574 | 104 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,495 | 120 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,561 | 114 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,722 | 97 | #4,847 | 28 |
| 2024 | #1,556 | 112 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,864 | 85 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Sammy for boys
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Famous Sammys
- Samuel George "Sammy" DavisBoy
Jr., American singer, actor, and dancer
- Sammy Cahn (born Samuel Cohen)Boy
American songwriter
- Samuel Roy "Sammy" HagarBoy
leader singer of American band Van Halen
- Samuel Kelvin "Sammy" Peralta SosaBoy
Dominican baseball player
- Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg)Boy
American composer
- Sammy GiammalvaBoy
Jr., American tennis player
- Samuel Adrian "Sammy" BaughBoy
American football player
- Samuel Paul "Sammy" KershawBoy
American country music singer
- Sammy BrooksBoy
American actor
- Sammy Kaye (born Samuel ZarnocayBoy
Jr.), American bandleader and songwriter
- Samuel Baxter "Sammy" McIlroyBoy
Northern Irish footballer
- Samuel Lee "Sammy" GreenBoy
American football player
Sammy in pop culture
- Sammy DhupamBoy
character in "Sims" series
- Sammy LiebermanBoy
character on Australian TV show Dance Academy
- Sammy ValdezBoy
character in the Heroes of Olympus series
- SammyBoy
character on British TV show "The Tribe"
- Sammy SquareBoy
character on Australian animated series "The Shapies"
- Sammy KeyesBoy
children's book series by Wendelin Van Draanen
- "SammyBoy
" animated TV series about actor Sammy Blake
- "SammyBoy
" Belgian comics series about bodyguard Sammy Day
- Sammy ValdezBoy
character of Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson's spinoff series, "The Heroes of Olympus"
- Sammy Davis Jr.Girl
Jr., female dog in book/film "Everything Is Illuminated"
- Sammy GutierrezGirl
a character from the "Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous" TV series
- Samani "Sammy" KillsGirl
Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"