Simmie

Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to boys 88.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
1899 · 9 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,177
since 1884

Simmie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201899peak #1,036, 1888peak #714, 1899girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008—#12,5535
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1993—#8,7005
1992—#8,4355
1991—#8,2365
1990——
1989—#7,9055
1988——
1987—#6,9515
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,3339
1984—#6,3155
1983—#6,2385
1982——
1981—#6,2625
1980#10,3925#6,2505
1979—#5,3556
1978—#4,1578
1977—#3,03713
1976——
1975—#3,24611
1974—#3,5589
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1971—#3,14610
1970—#2,73912
1969—#3,3148
1968—#3,3657
1967—#2,47011
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,61710
1964—#2,31013
1963—#2,04416
1962—#3,0418
1961—#2,14815
1960#6,3905#2,21014
1959—#2,03316
1958—#2,50611
1957—#2,37512
1956—#1,76520
1955—#1,79119
1954—#2,31612
1953—#1,63022
1952—#2,25112
1951—#1,97215
1950—#2,20712
1949—#1,61621
1948—#1,61121
1947#4,3457#1,55523
1946—#1,60120
1945—#1,69716
1944#4,5745#1,48321
1943—#1,34327
1942#3,7387#1,79916
1941—#1,68517
1940—#1,73616
1939#3,4297#1,57818
1938—#1,81815
1937—#1,75616
1936—#1,72316
1935#3,4317#1,83715
1934—#1,60819
1933#2,8689#1,64418
1932—#1,42624
1931—#1,77017
1930—#1,49624
1929#3,6827#2,19913
1928#3,7437#1,76019
1927#3,8757#1,37229
1926—#2,18614
1925#3,6648#1,67921
1924#5,0615#1,77620
1923—#2,33113
1922#5,0095#1,82719
1921—#1,70321
1920#3,5988#1,45726
1919—#1,57622
1918#4,8095#1,21133
1917#2,87910#1,75518
1916#3,9196#1,50522
1915#4,2745#1,87815
1914#3,6185#1,77213
1913—#1,80310
1912—#1,61910
1911#2,4635#1,7405
1910#2,3985—
1909#1,7637#1,1557
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1904—#9667
1903#1,5926—
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1900—#1,1626
1899—#7149
1898—#1,1215
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1896—#9826
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1893—#1,0355
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1891—#8416
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1888#1,0367—
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1884—#8486
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Simmie! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Simmie is popular in 1899

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Simmie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
  • Biggest jump: 407 spots in 1899 (#1,121 → #714)
  • Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1900 (#714 → #1,162)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1899 at #714 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · 1884–1904
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,801
  • Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Simmie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 408,030 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 16.8% of all boys named Simmie (198) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1981
  • Mostly girls until 1980, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#848 (1884)#848
1890s31#714 (1899)#939
1900s20#966 (1904)#1,094
1910s148#1,211 (1918)#1,651
1920s195#1,372 (1927)#1,829
1930s182#1,426 (1932)#1,666
1940s198#1,343 (1943)#1,613
1950s151#1,630 (1953)#2,085
1960s112#2,044 (1963)#2,615
1970s69#2,739 (1970)#3,605
1980s45#4,333 (1985)#6,273
1990s15#8,236 (1991)#8,457
2000s5#12,553 (2008)#12,553

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.

Simmie in 1899

boys
#714
9 births · 1 in 11,801 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. #714Simmie9
More about 1899

boys

106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 11,801 of them was named Simmie, which outranked 40.5% 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 Simmie
  1. #661Vivian10
  2. #661Weldon10
  3. #661Worth10
  4. #714Simmie9
  5. #714Addie9
  6. #714Alden9
  7. #714Alfredo9
  8. #786Agnes8
  9. #786Antone8
  10. #786Asbury8

Tied with 71 names at #714; 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 →