UK girl's name
Sammy-Jo
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2013. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Sammy-Jo is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Sammy-Jo popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2013 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5742, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 21 births.
This profile covers 100 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 1996 to 2013. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 14% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 116 living people in the UK are called Sammy-Jo. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2014 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Sammy-Jo ranked #5742 for girls in England and Wales in 2013, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 21 girls were registered as Sammy-Jo.
- • Sammy-Jo ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #629 in 2000.
- • About 116 living people in the UK are estimated to have Sammy-Jo as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5742
2013
Births in 2013
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
21 births
Estimated living
116
2026
Popularity
Sammy-Jo over time
The chart below shows babies named Sammy-Jo registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2013. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Sammy-Jo, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2013, compared with 21 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Sammy-Jo by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Sammy-Jo was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #5043 | 12 | 3 |
| 2000s | #3394 | 36 | 7 |
| 1990s | #1493 | 52 | 4 |
Geography
Where Sammy-Jo is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Sammy-Jo. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Sammy-Jo ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #629 in 2000.
Across the UK
Sammy-Jo in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#629 in 2000
4 years of NRS records, 17 total registered
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FAQ
Sammy-Jo: questions and answers
How popular is the name Sammy-Jo in the UK right now?
In 2013, Sammy-Jo was ranked #5742 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Sammy-Jo most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 21 babies registered as Sammy-Jo in England and Wales.
How many people are called Sammy-Jo in the UK?
A total of 100 babies have been registered as Sammy-Jo across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 17 more in Scotland.
Where is Sammy-Jo most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Sammy-Jo ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #629 in 2000. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.