Boys' name · since 1994
Simba
Simba has 171 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,922 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
171 babies have been named Simba since 1994, making it today's #6302 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Simba has been recorded 171 times among boys since 1994, currently ranked #6302 nationally and more common than 55% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #13,922 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,302 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 171 born since 1994
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Simba ranks #13,922 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,302 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 171 born since 1994, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,922 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,302 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 171
- born since 1994
- 2020s
- peak decade
Simba's 171 recorded births place it above 69.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Simba compares
171 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Simba's all-time total is 54% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Simba | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 171 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Simba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Simba's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Simba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Simba by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (105 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Simba's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Simba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
105 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 105 births (61% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Simba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.