How Many People Are Named Sammy Baugh?

There are approximately 1 people named Sammy Baugh living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Sammy with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Baugh. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Sammy

Last Name

Baugh

Sammy: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Sammy. The peak year was 1947 with 1,239 births. The average person named Sammy today is 56 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Sammy

In the 2020 Census, the first name Sammy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (53.07%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (19.79%) and Black (16.60%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Sammy in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Sammy rose or fell over time.

White

53.07%

Black

16.60%

Hispanic

19.79%

Asian/Pacific Islander

6.42%

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.32%

Two or More Races

2.81%

Ancestry of the Baugh Surname

The surname Baugh was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Baugh in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

71.29%

Black

19.67%

Hispanic

3.10%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.89%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.53%

Two or More Races

4.52%

How we calculated this

The first name "Sammy" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Baugh" appears at a rate of 4.02 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Sammy are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Sammy

Sammy Smith Sammy Johnson Sammy Williams Sammy Jones Sammy Brown Sammy Garcia Sammy Davis Sammy Morris

Other people with the surname Baugh

Michael Baugh James Baugh John Baugh David Baugh Robert Baugh William Baugh

Sammy Baugh: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Sammy Baugh?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Sammy Baugh are alive in the United States today. The first name Sammy is shared by 30,940 Americans, and the surname Baugh is shared by 13,776.

How rare is the name Sammy Baugh?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Sammy is uncommon and the surname Baugh is uncommon.

Is Sammy a male or female name?

Sammy is predominantly male, with 96.2% of bearers being male and 3.8% female. It peaked in popularity in 1947 and the average bearer today is 56 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Sammy?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Sammy was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (53.07%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (19.79%) and Black (16.60%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

Try another name