Simcha*
#2,924 most common boys' name of all time · #7,090 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1956–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,924
Rank overall
#7,090 of 105,966
First appeared
1956
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
2,236
Since 2016
753
Peak year
2025 #1,734
Best rank
#1,734 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 99/yr
Simcha first appears in 1956. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 94 | 99 | #1,734 |
| 2024 | — | 74 | 74 | #2,050 |
| 2023 | 5 | 63 | 68 | #2,256 |
| 2022 | 8 | 71 | 79 | #2,106 |
| 2021 | 10 | 74 | 84 | #2,013 |
| 2020 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,053 |
| 2019 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,799 |
| 2018 | 6 | 78 | 84 | #1,909 |
| 2017 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,460 |
| 2016 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,288 |
| 2015 | 5 | 68 | 73 | #2,075 |
| 2014 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,414 |
| 2013 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 5 | 60 | 65 | #2,194 |
| 2011 | 8 | 55 | 63 | #2,325 |
| 2010 | 12 | 44 | 56 | #2,756 |
| 2009 | — | 51 | 51 | #2,503 |
| 2008 | 8 | 42 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 2007 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #2,939 |
| 2006 | 11 | 48 | 59 | #2,526 |
| 2005 | 7 | 45 | 52 | #2,505 |
| 2004 | 10 | 40 | 50 | #2,668 |
| 2003 | 8 | 40 | 48 | #2,559 |
| 2002 | 12 | 25 | 37 | #3,475 |
| 2001 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #2,707 |
| 2000 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #3,677 |
| 1999 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,903 |
| 1998 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #3,906 |
| 1997 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #2,286 |
| 1996 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #3,330 |
| 1995 | 10 | 34 | 44 | #2,328 |
| 1994 | 6 | 39 | 45 | #2,105 |
| 1993 | 10 | 41 | 51 | #1,988 |
| 1992 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #2,322 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,094 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,237 |
| 1989 | 8 | 20 | 28 | #3,049 |
| 1988 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,339 |
| 1987 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,433 |
| 1986 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1985 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,937 |
| 1984 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,368 |
| 1983 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,332 |
| 1982 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1981 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,517 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,737 |
| 1979 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #2,971 |
| 1978 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,752 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,006 |
| 1976 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,194 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,862 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,439 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,303 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,768 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,561 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,798 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,388 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1965 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,966 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,502 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,490 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,539 |
| 1956 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,968 |