Popularity (masculine) in New Zealand
Numbers
| Sam (masculine) | |||
| Year | Rank | Times Used | |
| 2021 | - | - | |
| 2020 | - | - | |
| 2019 | - | - | |
| 2018 | - | - | |
| 2017 | - | - | |
| 2016 | - | - | |
| 2015 | - | - | |
| 2014 | - | - | |
| 2013 | #82 | 58 | |
| 2012 | #74 | 66 | |
| 2011 | #65 | 74 | |
| 2010 | #77 | 68 | |
| 2009 | #55 | 83 | |
| 2008 | #71 | 75 | |
| 2007 | #59 | 90 | |
| 2006 | #60 | 86 | |
| 2005 | #48 | 93 | |
| 2004 | #55 | 94 | |
| 2003 | #55 | 93 | |
| 2002 | #72 | 69 | |
| 2001 | #55 | 86 | |
| 2000 | #60 | 85 | |
| 1999 | #77 | 69 | |
| 1998 | #71 | 77 | |
| 1997 | #66 | 85 | |
| 1996 | #66 | 86 | |
| 1995 | #62 | 98 | |
| 1994 | #76 | 78 | |
| 1993 | #69 | 91 | |
| 1992 | #52 | 117 | |
| 1991 | #54 | 123 | |
| 1990 | #49 | 121 | |
| 1989 | #61 | 90 | |
| 1988 | #69 | 76 | |
| 1987 | #89 | 56 | |
| 1986 | #85 | 60 | |
| 1985 | - | - | |
| 1984 | - | - | |
| 1983 | - | - | |
| 1982 | - | - | |
| 1981 | - | - | |
| 1980 | - | - | |
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| 1956 | - | - | |
| 1955 | - | - | |
| 1954 | - | - | |
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