Sim — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sim

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,933 babies named Sim between 1880 and 2010, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sim performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Sim shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 89 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Sim in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sim in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,933 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.