Sam in California
Babies in California
7,666
since 1910
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
#565
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1911
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Sam in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 53 | 565 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 40 | 682 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,161 | 54 | 555 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 65 | 496 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2,840 | 51 | 582 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 61 | 516 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 57 | 547 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 63 | 508 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 82 | 439 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 65 | 512 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 75 | 452 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 71 | 482 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 65 | 488 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 74 | 440 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,451 | 67 | 465 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 78 | 421 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,207 | 67 | 477 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,197 | 66 | 488 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 84 | 418 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 76 | 438 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 73 | 433 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 73 | 417 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 75 | 407 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 54 | 476 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 53 | 477 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 66 | 428 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 62 | 432 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 75 | 395 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 76 | 381 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 78 | 396 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 91 | 359 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 87 | 363 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 105 | 331 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 101 | 347 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 108 | 337 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 99 | 346 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 88 | 356 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 95 | 327 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 82 | 335 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 67 | 365 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 60 | 382 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 69 | 348 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 57 | 376 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 38 | 481 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 40 | 455 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 55 | 370 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 27 | 535 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 46 | 388 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 42 | 403 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 40 | 415 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 49 | 363 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 40 | 406 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 54 | 323 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 52 | 341 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 61 | 315 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 85 | 275 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 89 | 258 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 52 | 342 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 58 | 320 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 75 | 271 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 73 | 286 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 100 | 247 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 112 | 229 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 127 | 213 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 123 | 222 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 130 | 211 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 132 | 198 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 101 | 222 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 84 | 249 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 86 | 228 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 67 | 244 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 57 | 260 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 68 | 237 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 52 | 260 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 70 | 223 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 43 | 270 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 67 | 216 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 107 | 153 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 95 | 167 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 93 | 158 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 71 | 168 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 57 | 186 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 76 | 156 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 58 | 166 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 47 | 174 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 46 | 167 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 41 | 168 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 43 | 156 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 57 | 126 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 38 | 157 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 46 | 140 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 50 | 130 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 41 | 147 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 38 | 156 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 39 | 157 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 57 | 129 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 72 | 110 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 53 | 134 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 61 | 115 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 57 | 124 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 76 | 89 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 57 | 117 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 72 | 85 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 74 | 76 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 81 | 67 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 60 | 78 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 51 | 77 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 54 | 75 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 58 | 62 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 59 | 58 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 47 | 68 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 29 | 83 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 27 | 72 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 19 | 81 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 17 | 49 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 11 | 65 |