Names / Boy names
Samwise
Current rank
#5,011
and rising
All-time peak
#4,601
in 2021
First recorded
2002
in U.S. data
Children named
198
since 2002
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #4,601 in 2021 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Samwise was first recorded in American naming records in 2002, where it reads as a boys' name. It has been picking up quiet momentum lately, though it stays below the top 1,000. Only about 198 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.