How rare is the name Sami?

9,683 people in the United States have the first name Sami, about 1 in 31,192. It ranks #2,514 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SAMI

#2,514

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,683
About
1 in 31,192
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,683 people named Sami, 72.1% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5.7% as Black. 78.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sami peaked in 2025, when 220 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19452025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
220
In 2025*
220
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,727 babies have been given the name since 1945. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sami by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,449. The largest share of babies named Sami, 35.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#10,03915
1950s#7,36763
1960s#3,949240
1970s#3,381402
1980s#2,900640
1990s#2,5201,103
2000s#2,4601,540
2010s#2,4691,680
2020s#2,4491,044
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–9620.1%
Generation Z 1997–1235.2%
2013 and later33.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sami is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sami has been most common in Virginia (2.9×), New Jersey (2.7×), and California (2.1×), and least common in North Carolina (0.44×).

3,477 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sami

#2,512 Cecile · 9,689#2,513 Elbert · 9,684#2,515 Diann · 9,672#2,516 Josef · 9,669

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sami, most common first.

#463 Sam · 121,443#3,426 Samia · 6,085#7,091 Sammi · 2,184#7,640 Samy · 1,978#8,022 Sama · 1,837#15,961 Sani · 713#19,558 Same · 539#20,273 Samie · 511

Also a last name

As a last name, Sami ranks #16,464 of 156,621, with 1,694 people. See Sami as a last name

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