Simran — #4060 US girls' name
2,840 babies named Simran in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Simran was born in this single decade.
158 babies were named Simran in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Simran
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,840 babies named Simran between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Simran currently holds the #4060 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 158 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Simran performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,359 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Simran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 769 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Simran in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Simran 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 2,840 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.
Simran at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Simran popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2001)
- 158
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #4060 among girls.
2,840 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 158 births in a single year.
Simran popularity over time — boys
134 total births recorded since 1988 (Simran as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Simran accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Simran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,359 births that decade — 48% of Simran's all-time total
Simran decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,359 births
- Runner-up 677 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Simran's strongest decade
1,359 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Simran by state
Where Simran concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 769 | 27.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 317 | 11.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 216 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 151 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 117 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 40 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 36 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 1.1% |
769 of 2,840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 27.1% of nationwide
- New York 11.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.6% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 27.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Simran appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.