Simran
#4,987 for girls in 2025, 26 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 95.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 158 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,866since 1982
Simran over time
Rank among girls' names. Simran has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,987 | 26 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,039 | 36 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,719 | 28 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,735 | 39 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,346 | 47 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,145 | 51 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,594 | 68 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,524 | 71 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,582 | 68 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,364 | 77 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,866 | 60 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,058 | 94 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,185 | 89 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,719 | 128 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,913 | 110 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 137 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,788 | 116 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #1,690 | 117 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,436 | 143 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,339 | 152 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,351 | 143 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #1,250 | 158 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #1,262 | 155 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #1,408 | 125 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #1,312 | 135 | #4,413 | 15 |
| 1997 | #1,319 | 131 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #1,711 | 88 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
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| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Simran! It came in at #9,237, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Simran is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#703 · 1 in 5,050
- California#708 · 1 in 4,845
- New Jersey#855 · 1 in 6,959
- Illinois#1,034 · 1 in 8,740
- Pennsylvania#1,143 · 1 in 11,653
Best ever in a state: #451 in New Jersey, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #703 | 20 | 1 in 5,050 |
| California | #708 | 46 | 1 in 4,845 |
| New Jersey | #855 | 6 | 1 in 6,959 |
| Illinois | #1,034 | 8 | 1 in 8,740 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,143 | 5 | 1 in 11,653 |
| Texas | #1,460 | 10 | 1 in 13,989 |
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See more about Simran
- 948 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #4,987)
- 1,252 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #4,987)
- 2,463 spots since 2015 (#2,524 → #4,987)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2001 at #1,250 (158 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,396 girls born in 2001 were named Simran (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,818 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.4% of all girls named Simran (1,359) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54 | #6,277 (1988) | #8,400 |
| 1990s | 586 | #1,312 (1998) | #3,776 |
| 2000s | 1,359 | #1,250 (2001) | #1,537 |
| 2010s | 677 | #2,058 (2011) | #2,675 |
| 2020s | 190 | #3,735 (2020) | #4,419 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Simran in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 13,288 of them was named Simran, which outranked 91.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,312Mikaila132
- #1,312Parker132
- #1,312Siera132
- #1,319Simran131
- #1,319Allissa131
- #1,319Bayleigh131
- #1,319Ilana131
- #1,327Areli130
- #1,327Demetria130
- #1,327Jaimie130
Tied with 7 names at #1,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 209,460 of them was named Simran, which outranked 43.6% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,642Zedrick10
- #5,642Ziare10
- #5,642Zvi10
- #6,100Simran9
- #6,100Ab9
- #6,100Abdulmalik9
- #6,100Abdulrahim9
- #6,618Abanoub8
- #6,618Abdalla8
- #6,618Abed8
Tied with 517 names at #6,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.