Popularity in England and Wales
Numbers
| Sam (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2023 | #310 | 0.047 | |
| 2022 | #284 | 0.051 | |
| 2021 | #293 | 0.050 | |
| 2020 | #260 | 0.058 | |
| 2019 | #249 | 0.060 | |
| 2018 | #207 | 0.077 | |
| 2017 | #203 | 0.076 | |
| 2016 | #186 | 0.084 | |
| 2015 | #177 | 0.092 | |
| 2014 | #140 | 0.114 | |
| 2013 | #128 | 0.130 | |
| 2012 | #124 | 0.139 | |
| 2011 | #112 | 0.156 | |
| 2010 | #93 | 0.187 | |
| 2009 | #88 | 0.203 | |
| 2008 | #79 | 0.248 | |
| 2007 | #76 | 0.245 | |
| 2006 | #72 | 0.278 | |
| 2005 | #67 | 0.305 | |
| 2004 | #53 | 0.374 | |
| 2003 | #63 | 0.308 | |
| 2002 | #57 | 0.349 | |
| 2001 | #55 | 0.372 | |
| 2000 | #55 | 0.391 | |
| 1999 | #50 | 0.431 | |
| 1998 | #49 | 0.442 | |
| 1997 | #47 | 0.474 | |
| 1996 | #47 | 0.491 | |
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