Simpson
Simpson was last recorded in 1992, when 5 babies were given it; 707 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 1992 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Simpson by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Simpson?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,605, in 1992; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
25 babies in 1921, the peak
Simpson peaked in 1921, when 25 boys were given it, #1,541 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | #9,605 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 6 | #8,088 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,527 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 5 | #8,327 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,257 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,678 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,113 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,664 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,743 | under 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,368 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (78)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 5 | #5,895 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,774 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #5,545 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #4,342 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,653 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 5 | #4,356 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,527 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,546 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,302 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,568 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #4,428 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,996 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,879 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,468 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 5 | #4,298 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,680 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 5 | #4,183 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,634 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 5 | #4,138 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,593 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,131 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 6 | #3,287 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,610 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,265 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,368 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,470 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,652 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,967 | under 0.01 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,139 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,509 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,934 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,243 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,058 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,357 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,739 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,510 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,411 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,173 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,998 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 16 | #2,122 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,913 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,684 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,642 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,080 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,135 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,546 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,927 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,218 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,518 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,403 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,423 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,563 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,081 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,184 | 0.05 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,104 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,206 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 11 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,233 | 0.04 |
| 1887 | 7 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 11 | #597 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 13 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 6 | #870 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Simpson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Simpson has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 78 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Simpson: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Simpson, and how old are they?
An estimated 185 Americans named Simpson and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 48 and 77. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 429 people named Simpson (53 women and girls, 376 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 223 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Simpson
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Simpson and names like it
- Compare Simpson and AdelbertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sSimpson peaked in 1921.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Simpson since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Simpson.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Simpson alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.