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Baby name
Sami
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21% girls / 79% boys
Origin of the name
Sami comes from the Arabic Sami, “high, exalted.”
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Classic name
5,303births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 1112rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Sami are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sami is most common in Virginia (2.8 times), New Jersey (2.8) and New York (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Classic name
1,424births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 3726rank at its peak, in 2005
Where babies named Sami are born
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 100% | 0% |
| 1950s | 67% | 33% |
| 1960s | 63% | 37% |
| 1970s | 52% | 48% |
| 1980s | 30% | 70% |
| 1990s | 20% | 80% |
| 2000s | 15% | 85% |
| 2010s | 12% | 88% |
| 2020s | 14% | 86% |