Sim
Sim is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 305th, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 191840 births
- Best rank
- #305in 1882
- Since 1880
- 1,933people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,933 boys have been named Sim in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1918, with 40 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 40 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1926, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sim | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 200 | |
| 1890s | 140 | |
| 1900s | 143 | |
| 1910s | 269 | |
| 1920s | 312 | |
| 1930s | 226 | |
| 1940s | 210 | |
| 1950s | 168 | |
| 1960s | 105 | |
| 1970s | 63 | |
| 1980s | 56 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 5 |
In 1918, its biggest year
Sim was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1918 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1918.
Names that rose and fell with Sim
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Isompeak 1920
- Charleypeak 1920
- Washingtonpeak 1921
- Ikepeak 1953
- Washpeak 1921
- Ligepeak 1915
- Gusspeak 1920
- Pinkpeak 1919
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.