SAM is ranked as the 385th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 168,904.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 52.97 people named SAM for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 93% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SAM is 53,870.
The SSA data also shows that SAM is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SAM is
71.7% White,
6.0% Hispanic origin,
11.4% Black,
8.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
2.0% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SAM have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SAM is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
South Korean surname
Chinese surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SAM
The state with the most people named
SAM is
California where
27,053 people have this name.
Maine is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SAM, as
101.09 in every 100,000
Mainers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Maine is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SAM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,508
42.77
99.2%
Indiana
2,028
30.74
98.3%
Iowa
1,349
43.42
98.3%
Kansas
1,195
41.17
97.2%
Michigan
5,178
52.25
99.5%
Minnesota
2,175
39.86
98.9%
Missouri
1,815
60.61
98.3%
Nebraska
716
38.06
96.2%
North Dakota
161
21.75
88.5%
Ohio
3,479
30
98.8%
South Dakota
203
23.84
89.6%
Wisconsin
2,163
37.57
98.8%
West States
State stats for the first name SAM
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
366
49.72
92.8%
Arizona
2,369
35.19
98.2%
California
27,053
69.72
99.8%
Colorado
1,999
37.32
98.3%
Hawaii
1,054
74.22
98.6%
Idaho
679
41.56
96.0%
Montana
502
49.05
94.6%
Nevada
1,211
42.64
97.8%
New Mexico
1,448
69.42
97.5%
Oregon
1,637
41.22
98.0%
Utah
1,027
34.89
97.1%
Washington
4,533
64.19
99.4%
Wyoming
186
31.93
90.1%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SAM
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SAM as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SAM.
The most popular full name is SAM Smith.
0.64% of all the people named SAM
have this family name.
There are 17310 last
names associated with this first name.