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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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
1973
1972
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
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904#9667
1903#1,5926
1902
1901
1900#1,1626
1899#7149
1898#1,1215
1897
1896#9826
1895
1894
1893#1,0355
1892
1891#8416
1890
1889
1888#1,0367
1887
1886
1885
1884#8486
1883
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1881
1880
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 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedALGeorgia: #347 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,562 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Simmie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#347 · 1 in 3,562

Best ever in a state: #329 in Louisiana, 1918.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#34781 in 3,562
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1927

girls
#3,875
7 births · 1 in 170,347 girls
boys
#1,372
29 births · 1 in 38,859 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #3,875Simmie7

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,372Simmie29
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 170,347 of them was named Simmie, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Simmie
  1. #3,561Zenia8
  2. #3,561Zera8
  3. #3,561Zilphia8
  4. #3,875Simmie7
  5. #3,875Adrianne7
  6. #3,875Agusta7
  7. #3,875Alan7
  8. #4,286Aaron6
  9. #4,286Adalee6
  10. #4,286Adalene6

Tied with 410 names at #3,875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 38,859 of them was named Simmie, which outranked 71.4% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Simmie
  1. #1,350Saverio30
  2. #1,350Therman30
  3. #1,350Vernard30
  4. #1,372Simmie29
  5. #1,372Antoine29
  6. #1,372Arland29
  7. #1,372Bartholomew29
  8. #1,407Almon28
  9. #1,407Alvaro28
  10. #1,407Arville28

Tied with 34 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927