Boy
Sam
Sam is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that has cooled since its 1920s peak, but is still chosen today.
EtymologyShort for Samuel
HebrewHebrew – "God has heard"
Births by decade
1900s
6,226
1910s
18,740
1920s
21,106
1930s
13,495
1940s
12,455
1950s
10,171
1960s
8,788
1970s
4,584
1980s
4,111
1990s
5,466
2000s
5,829
2010s
4,213
Peaked in the 1920s · 115,184 total U.S. births since 1900