girls:
1.4k births since 1945
#4350 (24th percentile)
boys:
5k births since 1955
#1704 (63rd percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1945
#3411 (56th percentile)
The name Sami is the #3,411 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,331 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 55.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 55.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,704 (62.8% percentile) for all time with 4,955 births since 1955. For girls, it ranks #4,350 (23.9% percentile) for all time with 1,376 births since 1945.
Sami first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1955 for boys). Birth data for Sami is available in 73 out of the 79 years between 1945 and 2023 (72 years for girls and 66 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Sami has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 84.5% of babies named Sami were boys. Interestingly, until around 1978, the name was more popular for girls (59.8% girls from 1945 to 1977), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (82.4% boys from 1978 to 2023).
For boys, Sami reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 18.5% percentile (ranked #745) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 88 births per million (ranked 18.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sami ranks #769 for boys (15.6% percentile) with 80 births per million, which is 91.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sami reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #772) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sami ranks #925 for girls (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 80.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sami".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Sami. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.1% confident that Sami is pronounced as SAH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-mee, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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