Sammi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAM-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Sammi is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Sammi mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Sammy; pet form of Samuel
“God has heard”
A pet form of Samuel or Sam.
Meaning borrowed from Sammy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Sammi a girl's or a boy's name?
Sammi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sammi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sammi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2013, 60% of the babies named Sammi in the UK were girls.
Sammi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Sammi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Sammi, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Sammi in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 girls in the US were given Sammi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,963, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Sammi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 43 | #3,237 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
Nicknames for Sammi
- Sam 161 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Sammi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saif, Uzair, Samir, Hassan, Suhaib, Saeed, Fahad, Abdullahi, Hamza, Qasim, Umair, Salim
Other spellings of Sammi
Names related to Sammi
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sammi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sammi, updated 20 October 2026.