Sammie

Gender: Girl
Say it: SAM-ee
Origin: Hebrew
UK rank, 2025: #5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025: #4,351 for girls

Sammie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has heard”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).

What does Sammie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Samuel or Samantha

“God has heard”

Is Sammie a girl's or a boy's name?

Sammie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 32 girls and 16 boys in the US.

How popular is Sammie in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025: 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Sammie, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 12 girls.

Half of all the girls named Sammie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2009, 79% of the babies named Sammie in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 12 in 19962025

Sammie in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	3	#5,990
2024	5	#4,253
2023	0	–
2022	0	–
2021	4	#4,864
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	5	#4,204
2017	0	–
2016	0	–
2015	3	#5,983
2014	5	#4,187
2013	5	#4,267
2012	5	#4,390
2011	3	#6,007
2010	8	#2,992
2009	11	#2,298
2008	10	#2,454
2007	5	#3,858
2006	7	#2,940
2005	4	#4,150
2004	5	#3,356
2003	0	–
2002	4	#3,556
2001	5	#2,928
2000	0	–
1999	5	#2,912
1998	6	#2,535
1997	8	#2,073
1996	12	#1,520

How popular is Sammie in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,351st among girls
Babies in 2025: 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 25% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Sammie, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 1943, with 186 girls. 16 boys were also named Sammie in 2025 (5,606th for boys).

Half of all the girls named Sammie in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 81 girls in the US were given Sammie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,963, up from #4,351 for this spelling alone.

Sammie 32
Sammy 25
Sammi 19
Samie 5

In 2025, 67% of the babies named Sammie in the US were girls.

1880Busiest: 186 in 19432025

Sammie in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	32	#4,351
2024	32	#4,386
2023	24	#5,245
2022	27	#4,904
2021	45	#3,434
2020	40	#3,675
2019	35	#4,071
2018	43	#3,558
2017	30	#4,574
2016	30	#4,631
2015	35	#4,143
2014	28	#4,890
2013	21	#6,014
2012	41	#3,781
2011	36	#4,071
2010	27	#5,106
2009	28	#5,096
2008	33	#4,549
2007	33	#4,474
2006	24	#5,544
2005	26	#4,954
2004	26	#4,945
2003	17	#6,571
2002	16	#6,692
2001	22	#5,169
2000	23	#4,976
1999	17	#5,890
1998	22	#4,793
1997	17	#5,622
1996	14	#6,387
1995	12	#7,036
1994	17	#5,440
1993	21	#4,665
1992	15	#6,001
1991	26	#3,930
1990	28	#3,709
1989	23	#4,115
1988	42	#2,534
1987	32	#2,970
1986	44	#2,299
1985	31	#2,938
1984	24	#3,422
1983	39	#2,397
1982	37	#2,532
1981	16	#4,531
1980	17	#4,326
1979	14	#4,841
1978	26	#3,009
1977	34	#2,515
1976	40	#2,135
1975	28	#2,680
1974	30	#2,497
1973	30	#2,455
1972	41	#1,975
1971	34	#2,296
1970	37	#2,160
1969	24	#2,704
1968	28	#2,296
1967	33	#2,039
1966	45	#1,669
1965	45	#1,672
1964	51	#1,593
1963	43	#1,753
1962	57	#1,476
1961	59	#1,453
1960	62	#1,392
1959	58	#1,406
1958	68	#1,281
1957	79	#1,186
1956	77	#1,185
1955	61	#1,291
1954	81	#1,092
1953	81	#1,070
1952	96	#953
1951	98	#927
1950	98	#894
1949	114	#819
1948	114	#809
1947	144	#705
1946	151	#644
1945	126	#654
1944	156	#589
1943	186	#555
1942	180	#554
1941	151	#567
1940	134	#602
1939	125	#602
1938	132	#600
1937	140	#573
1936	143	#549
1935	125	#575
1934	134	#556
1933	134	#549
1932	135	#562
1931	117	#613
1930	131	#605
1929	100	#698
1928	141	#594
1927	120	#657
1926	130	#627
1925	122	#668
1924	121	#676
1923	121	#674
1922	122	#657
1921	81	#813
1920	114	#680
1919	115	#646
1918	113	#671
1917	100	#686
1916	56	#904
1915	60	#839
1914	57	#765
1913	47	#767
1912	39	#795
1911	30	#790
1910	30	#781
1909	27	#773
1908	38	#617
1907	16	#945
1906	16	#917
1905	21	#797
1904	28	#653
1903	18	#813
1902	17	#849
1901	20	#723
1900	22	#780
1899	22	#664
1898	17	#821
1897	12	#931
1896	16	#813
1895	9	#1,123
1894	10	#998
1893	11	#901
1892	8	#1,085
1891	8	#1,006
1890	12	#791
1889	16	#641
1888	11	#793
1887	6	#1,036
1886	6	#993
1885	6	#921
1884	6	#930
1883	0	–
1882	5	#908
1881	6	#740
1880	6	#738

Names like Sammie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elsie, Annie, Sophie, Lottie, Frankie, Millie, Rosie, Sadie, Alice, Charlotte, Winnie, Jessie

Other spellings of Sammie

Sammy, Sammi, Samie

Names related to Sammie

Samia, Sami, Samai

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

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, “Sammie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sammie, updated 20 October 2026.