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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Sima” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sima” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sima” 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 “Sima” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Sima” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sima” 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
1920 5 0.00000221 5 100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 100%
1939 6 0.000002723 6 100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 100%
1947 5 0.000001388 5 100%
1948 6 0.000001738 6 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 9 0.000002443 9 100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 100%
1953 9 0.000002335 9 100%
1954 5 0.000001256 5 100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 100%
1956 8 0.00000194 8 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 10 0.000002405 10 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 9 0.000002173 9 100%
1962 10 0.000002478 10 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 20 0.000005546 20 100%
1971 18 0.000005244 18 100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 28 0.000009228 28 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 100%
1980 23 0.000006677 23 100%
1981 26 0.000007516 26 100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 100%
1985 34 0.000009526 34 100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 100%
1988 24 0.000006495 24 100%
1989 24 0.000006243 24 100%
1990 23 0.000005819 23 100%
1991 28 0.000007188 28 100%
1992 27 0.000007029 27 100%
1993 24 0.000006366 24 100%
1994 26 0.000006994 26 100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 100%
1996 24 0.00000658 24 100%
1997 25 0.000006895 25 100%
1998 31 0.000008428 31 100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 100%
2000 30 0.000007937 30 100%
2001 30 0.000008014 30 100%
2002 30 0.000008025 30 100%
2003 25 0.000006575 25 100%
2004 25 0.000006543 25 100%
2005 59 0.000015345 59 100%
2006 44 0.000011122 44 100%
2007 56 0.000014008 56 100%
2008 42 0.000010685 42 100%
2009 44 0.000011518 44 100%
2010 46 0.000012447 46 100%
2011 49 0.000013396 49 100%
2012 44 0.000012031 44 100%
2013 42 0.000011521 42 100%
2014 49 0.00001322 49 100%
2015 54 0.000014591 54 100%
2016 48 0.000013084 48 100%
2017 50 0.000013981 50 100%
2018 53 0.000015074 53 100%
2019 56 0.000016134 56 100%
2020 43 0.000012872 43 100%
2021 54 0.000015939 54 100%
2022 63 0.000018622 63 100%
2023 52 0.000015704 52 100%
2024 74 0.000022232 74 100%

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