Sam

Boy name

Sam ranks #104 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 745 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #40 for cats.

Sam's popularity trend

Sam's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.14%
2024	0.15%
2023	0.16%
2022	0.17%
2021	0.17%
2020	0.19%
2019	0.19%
2018	0.2%
2017	0.22%
2016	0.24%
2015	0.26%
2014	0.26%
2013	0.27%
2012	0.29%
2011	0.3%
2010	0.32%
2009	0.34%
2008	0.34%
2007	0.35%

Licensed dogs in our data

745

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#104

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−36

2020 → 2025

Gender split

90% boys

10% girls90% boys

Where Sam shows up

Sam's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


BurnsideAustralia	0.4%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.4%
PlayfordAustralia	0.3%
TorontoCanada	0.3%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%

Names like Sam

Sammy Samson Sampson Samuel Samwise Samy Samurai Samantha Sammie Sammi Sami Samba