Sammie
Pronounced S AE1 M IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1943
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Sammie?
Sammie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 10,930 children — the 1,332nd most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1943, when 221 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Sammy and Sami — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Sammie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Sammy
- Sami
Nicknames
Sammie is itself a short form of Samantha.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S AE1 M IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Sammie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Sammie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Sammie?
- Sammie ranks 1,332nd among girls' names in US records, with 10,930 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 767.
- Is Sammie a unisex name?
- No. Sammie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Sammie most popular?
- 1943, when 221 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Sammie spelled?
- Sammy, Sami. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.