# Sam name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/sam
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Sam ranked #647 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #642.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #647
- Birth count: 428
- Rate per 10,000: 2.51

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Sam
- Rank: #642
- Birth count: 435
- Rate per 10,000: 2.55
- Official count multiplier: 1.02x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.00
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.01
- Expected per school of 300: 0.04
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 1.3%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1900
- Best rank year: 1882
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 4.7%

## Spelling components
- Sam: 428 births
- Saam: 7 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology