NameTides

Sami

Sami was the #1,112 boys' name in the US in 2025 (193 babies), and #271 in England & Wales and #336 in Canada.

Sami as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sami as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandIrelandUS
Sami as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,112 (193)#271 (168)#441 (7)#829 (3)#336 (98)
2024#1,262 (156)#297 (151)#432 (7)#582 (5)#310 (106)
2023#1,300 (147)#347 (122)#533 (5)#472 (7)#411 (71)
2022#1,468 (123)#320 (138)#522 (5)#429 (8)#382 (80)
2021#1,349 (137)#324 (141)#437 (7)#552 (5)#416 (71)
2020#1,313 (137)#324 (142)#372 (9)#741 (3)#481 (57)
2019#1,432 (122)#320 (148)#431 (7)#764 (3)#370 (84)
2018#1,188 (160)#397 (108)#595 (4)#572 (5)#435 (67)
2017#1,110 (174)#326 (150)——#348 (94)
2016#1,164 (164)#318 (152)#592 (4)#601 (4)#402 (75)
2015#1,132 (168)#322 (143)#588 (4)#459 (7)#330 (98)
2014#1,229 (148)#291 (159)#587 (4)#550 (5)#373 (82)
2013#1,291 (134)#293 (152)#466 (6)#605 (4)#370 (79)
2012#1,359 (124)#313 (145)#467 (6)#718 (3)#374 (79)
2011#1,212 (144)#295 (149)#648 (3)#455 (7)#367 (81)

Sami as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sami as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sami as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,878 (27)#5,927 (3)—
2024#5,799 (21)——
2023#4,873 (27)——
2022#4,378 (32)——
2021#6,967 (16)#4,634 (4)—
2020#4,648 (28)——
2019#6,698 (17)——
2018#5,007 (26)——
2017#7,092 (16)——
2016#5,622 (23)——
2015#7,266 (16)——
2014#5,993 (21)——
2013#6,017 (21)#4,739 (4)—
2012#5,398 (25)——
2011#8,196 (14)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,112.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1955.
  • In 2025, 12% of US babies named Sami were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 59,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sami is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,100 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sami by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #676OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Sami (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#14744
Ontario2024#33040

Sami (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SamiCanadaGirls—too few
SamiCanadaBoys#33698
SamiEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
SamiEngland & WalesBoys#271168
SamiIrelandBoys#8293
SamiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SamiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SamiScotlandBoys#4417
SamiUSGirls#4,87827
SamiUSBoys#1,112193