Sim

Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231

Peak · boys
1882 · 33 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,933
since 1880

Sim over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Sim has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #298, 1882boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010#12,2315
2009
2008
2007#10,9216
2006#12,0555
2005
2004#11,3565
2003#10,8945
2002#10,6675
2001
2000
1999
1998#9,6315
1997
1996
1995#8,8685
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#7,2705
1987#4,9688
1986#5,9266
1985#6,5235
1984
1983#4,4998
1982#3,69211
1981#4,5098
1980#6,2505
1979#6,0565
1978#5,7725
1977
1976#3,7249
1975
1974#3,5589
1973#3,22310
1972#3,3449
1971#3,6588
1970#3,5218
1969#3,9356
1968#1,96217
1967#3,9665
1966#3,5376
1965#2,61710
1964#2,31013
1963#2,11515
1962#2,50411
1961#2,9009
1960#2,31513
1959#2,11115
1958#2,02616
1957#1,88718
1956#2,7989
1955#1,90217
1954#1,76219
1953#1,59223
1952#1,85617
1951#1,83817
1950#1,81517
1949#1,58322
1948#1,55922
1947#1,44926
1946#1,47523
1945#1,69716
1944#1,40023
1943#1,76417
1942#1,53721
1941#1,53220
1940#1,51920
1939#1,57818
1938#1,68917
1937#1,62718
1936#1,50520
1935#1,65618
1934#1,35725
1933#1,28127
1932#1,38725
1931#1,19433
1930#1,46325
1929#1,56422
1928#1,21135
1927#1,17837
1926#1,33130
1925#1,42527
1924#1,38029
1923#1,35829
1922#1,36729
1921#1,19936
1920#1,15738
1919#1,08240
1918#1,07940
1917#1,29128
1916#1,05837
1915#1,14132
1914#1,01930
1913#1,17319
1912#1,05919
1911#89614
1910#1,04510
1909#71415
1908#77912
1907#55919
1906#1,0047
1905#61515
1904#51518
1903#61913
1902#68711
1901#7798
1900#45525
1899#61311
1898#61113
1897#51515
1896#48118
1895#64011
1894#54314
1893#53813
1892#49716
1891#6359
1890#40520
1889#49814
1888#46417
1887#58310
1886#36922
1885#38022
1884#36923
1883#34623
1882#29833
1881#37520
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Sim was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1975, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Sim
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
  • Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1907 (#1,004#559)
  • Biggest drop: 389 spots in 1906 (#615#1,004)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #298 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1905
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,445
  • Highest: 1 in 3,445 boys born in 1882 were named Sim (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 383,735 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Sim (312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s200#298 (1882)#412
1890s140#405 (1890)#548
1900s143#455 (1900)#673
1910s269#896 (1911)#1,084
1920s312#1,157 (1920)#1,317
1930s226#1,194 (1931)#1,474
1940s210#1,400 (1944)#1,552
1950s168#1,592 (1953)#1,959
1960s105#1,962 (1968)#2,816
1970s63#3,223 (1973)#4,107
1980s56#3,692 (1982)#5,455
1990s10#8,868 (1995)#9,250
2000s26#10,667 (2002)#11,179
2010s5#12,231 (2010)#12,231

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Sim in 1899

boys
#613
11 births · 1 in 9,656 boys

Top boys' names in 1899

  1. #1John6,990
  2. #2William6,086
  3. #3James4,597
  4. #4George4,018
  5. #5Charles3,147
  6. #6Joseph2,679
  7. #7Robert2,609
  8. #8Frank2,550
  9. #9Edward1,901
  10. #10Henry1,831
  11. #613Sim11
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 9,656 of them was named Sim, which outranked 48.9% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Sim
  1. #583Wash12
  2. #583Watson12
  3. #583Webster12
  4. #613Sim11
  5. #613Adolphus11
  6. #613Alfonso11
  7. #613Alphonso11
  8. #661Adelbert10
  9. #661Alvah10
  10. #661Arvid10

Tied with 47 names at #613; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1898
Risers
  1. 640Rogers#1,121#481
  2. 600Edna#1,121#521
  3. 545Giles#1,002#457
  4. 508Sarah#1,121#613
  5. 461Thaddeus#885#424
Fallers
  1. 566Jason#485#1,051
  2. 564Fitzhugh#364#928
  3. 508Oran#543#1,051
  4. 493Wilber#435#928
  5. 443Hosea#485#928

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1899