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Sam

Sam means "Hebrew, God has heard" and comes from Hebrew, giving it real etymological depth as a boy's name. It has cooled since its 1920s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. Its single strongest year on record was 1918.

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