Sims — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sims

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Sims between 1900 and 2019, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sims currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sims performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sims shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sims in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sims 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 306 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.