Sim Popularity by Year

Follow Sim across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Sim birth-count history

The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.

Complete year-by-year record

YearCategoryBirthsRankChange from previous recorded year
2010Boys5#12,231Down 1,310 places
2007Boys6#10,921Up 1,134 places
2006Boys5#12,055Down 699 places
2004Boys5#11,356Down 462 places
2003Boys5#10,894Down 227 places
2002Boys5#10,667Down 1,036 places
1998Boys5#9,631Down 763 places
1995Boys5#8,868Down 1,598 places
1988Boys5#7,270Down 2,302 places
1987Boys8#4,968Up 958 places
1986Boys6#5,926Up 597 places
1985Boys5#6,523Down 2,024 places
1983Boys8#4,499Down 807 places
1982Boys11#3,692Up 817 places
1981Boys8#4,509Up 1,741 places
1980Boys5#6,250Down 194 places
1979Boys5#6,056Down 284 places
1978Boys5#5,772Down 2,048 places
1976Boys9#3,724Down 166 places
1974Boys9#3,558Down 335 places
1973Boys10#3,223Up 121 places
1972Boys9#3,344Up 314 places
1971Boys8#3,658Down 137 places
1970Boys8#3,521Up 414 places
1969Boys6#3,935Down 1,973 places
1968Boys17#1,962Up 2,004 places
1967Boys5#3,966Down 429 places
1966Boys6#3,537Down 920 places
1965Boys10#2,617Down 307 places
1964Boys13#2,310Down 195 places
1963Boys15#2,115Up 389 places
1962Boys11#2,504Up 396 places
1961Boys9#2,900Down 585 places
1960Boys13#2,315Down 204 places
1959Boys15#2,111Down 85 places
1958Boys16#2,026Down 139 places
1957Boys18#1,887Up 911 places
1956Boys9#2,798Down 896 places
1955Boys17#1,902Down 140 places
1954Boys19#1,762Down 170 places
1953Boys23#1,592Up 264 places
1952Boys17#1,856Down 18 places
1951Boys17#1,838Down 23 places
1950Boys17#1,815Down 232 places
1949Boys22#1,583Down 24 places
1948Boys22#1,559Down 110 places
1947Boys26#1,449Up 26 places
1946Boys23#1,475Up 222 places
1945Boys16#1,697Down 297 places
1944Boys23#1,400Up 364 places
1943Boys17#1,764Down 227 places
1942Boys21#1,537Down 5 places
1941Boys20#1,532Down 13 places
1940Boys20#1,519Up 59 places
1939Boys18#1,578Up 111 places
1938Boys17#1,689Down 62 places
1937Boys18#1,627Down 122 places
1936Boys20#1,505Up 151 places
1935Boys18#1,656Down 299 places
1934Boys25#1,357Down 76 places
1933Boys27#1,281Up 106 places
1932Boys25#1,387Down 193 places
1931Boys33#1,194Up 269 places
1930Boys25#1,463Up 101 places
1929Boys22#1,564Down 353 places
1928Boys35#1,211Down 33 places
1927Boys37#1,178Up 153 places
1926Boys30#1,331Up 94 places
1925Boys27#1,425Down 45 places
1924Boys29#1,380Down 22 places
1923Boys29#1,358Up 9 places
1922Boys29#1,367Down 168 places
1921Boys36#1,199Down 42 places
1920Boys38#1,157Down 75 places
1919Boys40#1,082Down 3 places
1918Boys40#1,079Up 212 places
1917Boys28#1,291Down 233 places
1916Boys37#1,058Up 83 places
1915Boys32#1,141Down 122 places
1914Boys30#1,019Up 154 places
1913Boys19#1,173Down 114 places
1912Boys19#1,059Down 163 places
1911Boys14#896Up 149 places
1910Boys10#1,045Down 331 places
1909Boys15#714Up 65 places
1908Boys12#779Down 220 places
1907Boys19#559Up 445 places
1906Boys7#1,004Down 389 places
1905Boys15#615Down 100 places
1904Boys18#515Up 104 places
1903Boys13#619Up 68 places
1902Boys11#687Up 92 places
1901Boys8#779Down 324 places
1900Boys25#455Up 158 places
1899Boys11#613Down 2 places
1898Boys13#611Down 96 places
1897Boys15#515Down 34 places
1896Boys18#481Up 159 places
1895Boys11#640Down 97 places
1894Boys14#543Down 5 places
1893Boys13#538Down 41 places
1892Boys16#497Up 138 places
1891Boys9#635Down 230 places
1890Boys20#405Up 93 places
1889Boys14#498Down 34 places
1888Boys17#464Up 119 places
1887Boys10#583Down 214 places
1886Boys22#369Up 11 places
1885Boys22#380Down 11 places
1884Boys23#369Down 23 places
1883Boys23#346Down 48 places
1882Boys33#298Up 77 places
1881Boys20#375Up 67 places
1880Boys16#442