Sam

Meaning and origin of Sam

Popularity of Sam in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2007.
• Over recent years, Sam has been stable (+1.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Sam every 14 schools, all spellings combined.

Sam in English-speaking countries

Sam ranks 49^th in Ireland, 129^th in Scotland and 157^th in Northern Ireland, against 264^th in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  49^th boys’ name340 babies in 3 years1 boy in 211−3.3% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  129^th boys’ name110 babies in 3 years1 boy in 545−7.8% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  157^th boys’ name42 babies in 3 years1 boy in 606

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  244^th boys’ name57 babies in 3 years1 boy in 864

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  268^th boys’ name44 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,012

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  266^th boys’ name142 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,197−2.5% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  332^nd boys’ name388 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,130−7.8% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  653^rd boys’ name1,256 babies in 3 years1 boy in 4,094+0.1% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Saam10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Sam

• Jude
• Zack
• Solal
• James
• Ben
• Saul
• Ruben
• Kenan
• Jean
• Ishaq
• Jonas
• Imrane

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin