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Well, I'm extremely biased. But I will say that I've managed to avoid the nickname Sam. I use my full name.

It's okay. I have a cousin with the name, and she went by Sammy, until she became a teenager and decided on Samantha. I think people will call her Sam, but she can always correct them, if that is not a nickname SHE likes. It's all up to the kid.

I love it, but never would have used it because I would never have been able to convince myself that Sam is avoidable.

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My youngest sister loves it but didn't use it because it was too popular. She also loves Susannah but didn't use it because we have a half-sister named Suzanne. In a world in which Samantha wasn't popular and we didn't have a half-sister named Suzanne, my sister would have two daughters named Samantha and Susannah.

I don't think it's too dated, it maybe is tied to a certain time it was most popular but it still hasn't fallen off the map.

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Sam is 100% unavoidable.

I don't think Samantha is dated at all. It's been pretty popular for a good thirty years or so, and while it might not be top 10 now, it's not dated and won't be for a good while, if it ever is.

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I think Sam is avoidable at home, but you really can't control what a person prefers to be called by by their friends or people they work with.