Sammy

Boy name

Sammy ranks #93 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 799 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #45 for cats.

Sammy's popularity trend

Sammy'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	0.15%
2024	0.16%
2023	0.17%
2022	0.17%
2021	0.16%
2020	0.18%
2019	0.21%
2018	0.22%
2017	0.23%
2016	0.25%
2015	0.26%
2014	0.26%
2013	0.27%
2012	0.29%
2011	0.31%
2010	0.32%
2009	0.33%
2008	0.34%
2007	0.34%

Licensed dogs in our data

799

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#93

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−30

2020 → 2025

Gender split

83% boys

17% girls83% boys

Where Sammy shows up

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


AdelaideAustralia	0.6%
TorontoCanada	0.3%
PlayfordAustralia	0.2%
BurnsideAustralia	0.2%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.2%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.1%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.1%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.1%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.1%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.1%

Names like Sammy

Sam Samson Sampson Samuel Samwise Samy Samurai Tommy Jimmy Timmy Lemmy Hammy