Sims
#9,356 most common boys' name of all time · #23,663 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1900–2025
Rank among boys
#9,356
Rank overall
#23,663 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
317
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1919 #1,844
Best rank
#1,306 1900
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Sims first appears in 1900. 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 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,749 |
| 2021 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,861 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,212 |
| 2012 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,338 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,978 |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,983 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,319 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,529 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,031 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,196 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,150 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,369 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,037 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,536 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,104 |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,398 |
| 1947 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,462 |
| 1946 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,192 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,201 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,330 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,567 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,643 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,045 |
| 1933 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,821 |
| 1932 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,543 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,164 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,252 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,314 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,197 |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,496 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,598 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,254 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,937 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1919 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1918 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,606 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,799 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,008 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,353 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,605 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,650 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,528 |
| 1900 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,306 |