Popularity in Northern Ireland
Numbers
| Sam (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Percent Used | |
| 2022 | - | - | |
| 2021 | - | - | |
| 2020 | - | - | |
| 2019 | #94 | 0.274 | |
| 2018 | #100 | 0.232 | |
| 2017 | #78 | 0.328 | |
| 2016 | #78 | 0.346 | |
| 2015 | - | - | |
| 2014 | #70 | 0.359 | |
| 2013 | #76 | 0.331 | |
| 2012 | #70 | 0.362 | |
| 2011 | #62 | 0.444 | |
| 2010 | #63 | 0.410 | |
| 2009 | #69 | 0.383 | |
| 2008 | #54 | 0.477 | |
| 2007 | #56 | 0.455 | |
| 2006 | #45 | 0.583 | |
| 2005 | #44 | 0.582 | |
| 2004 | #63 | 0.427 | |
| 2003 | #65 | 0.409 | |
| 2002 | #71 | 0.368 | |
| 2001 | #85 | 0.275 | |
| 2000 | #98 | 0.225 | |
| 1999 | #76 | 0.310 | |
| 1998 | #91 | 0.224 | |
| 1997 | #100 | 0.187 | |
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