Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sim” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sim” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sim” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sim” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sim” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sim” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sim” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sim” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 -100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 -100%
1882 33 0.000148962 33 -100%
1883 23 0.000106017 23 -100%
1884 23 0.000094471 23 -100%
1885 22 0.000091342 22 -100%
1886 22 0.000086168 22 -100%
1887 10 0.000040422 10 -100%
1888 17 0.000056766 17 -100%
1889 14 0.000048452 14 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1892 16 0.000047851 16 -100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 -100%
1894 14 0.000041336 14 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 13 0.00003408 13 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 25 0.000055524 25 -100%
1901 8 0.000023134 8 -100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 18 0.000044611 18 -100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 -100%
1906 7 0.000016338 7 -100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 -100%
1908 12 0.000024558 12 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 10 0.000016929 10 -100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 -100%
1912 19 0.00001923 19 -100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 -100%
1914 30 0.000021181 30 -100%
1915 32 0.000017463 32 -100%
1916 37 0.000019127 37 -100%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 40 0.000018955 40 -100%
1920 38 0.000016795 38 -100%
1921 36 0.000015421 36 -100%
1922 29 0.000012668 29 -100%
1923 29 0.000012595 29 -100%
1924 29 0.000012177 29 -100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 -100%
1926 30 0.000013067 30 -100%
1927 37 0.000015953 37 -100%
1928 35 0.00001548 35 -100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 -100%
1930 25 0.000011245 25 -100%
1931 33 0.000015682 33 -100%
1932 25 0.000011841 25 -100%
1933 27 0.000013504 27 -100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 20 0.000009627 20 -100%
1937 18 0.000008448 18 -100%
1938 17 0.000007683 17 -100%
1939 18 0.000008169 18 -100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 21 0.000007687 21 -100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 -100%
1944 23 0.00000855 23 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 -100%
1947 26 0.000007218 26 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 22 0.000006313 22 -100%
1950 17 0.000004852 17 -100%
1951 17 0.000004615 17 -100%
1952 17 0.000004476 17 -100%
1953 23 0.000005968 23 -100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 -100%
1955 17 0.000004234 17 -100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 -100%
1957 18 0.000004284 18 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 -100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 -100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 -100%
1962 11 0.000002726 11 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 8 0.000002331 8 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 -100%
1974 9 0.000002961 9 -100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 -100%
1978 5 0.000001575 5 -100%
1979 5 0.000001503 5 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 8 0.000002313 8 -100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 -100%
1983 8 0.00000231 8 -100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 8 0.000002219 8 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1995 5 0.000001365 5 -100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 5 0.000001315 5 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 -100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%

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