Sims Popularity by Year

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

Sims birth-count history

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

Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2025	Boys	6	#10,695	Up 108 places
2021	Girls	5	#15,251	—
2019	Boys	6	#10,803	Up 1,333 places
2013	Boys	5	#12,136	Up 138 places
2012	Boys	5	#12,274	Down 1,353 places
2007	Boys	6	#10,921	Down 27 places
2003	Boys	5	#10,894	Down 1,651 places
2001	Boys	6	#9,243	Down 808 places
1992	Boys	5	#8,435	Down 3,500 places
1976	Boys	6	#4,935	Up 166 places
1973	Boys	5	#5,101	Down 1,542 places
1967	Boys	6	#3,559	Up 479 places
1960	Boys	5	#4,038	Down 748 places
1959	Boys	7	#3,290	Down 321 places
1956	Boys	8	#2,969	Up 483 places
1954	Boys	6	#3,452	Down 431 places
1950	Boys	7	#3,021	Up 295 places
1948	Boys	6	#3,316	Up 54 places
1947	Boys	6	#3,370	Down 1,227 places
1946	Boys	12	#2,143	Up 966 places
1944	Boys	6	#3,109	Down 832 places
1943	Boys	11	#2,277	Up 1,182 places
1940	Boys	5	#3,459	Up 75 places
1938	Boys	5	#3,534	Down 583 places
1935	Boys	7	#2,951	Down 213 places
1933	Boys	8	#2,738	Down 273 places
1932	Boys	10	#2,465	Up 630 places
1931	Boys	7	#3,095	Up 464 places
1929	Boys	6	#3,559	Up 592 places
1928	Boys	5	#4,151	Up 59 places
1927	Boys	5	#4,210	Down 1,071 places
1926	Boys	8	#3,139	Down 704 places
1925	Boys	12	#2,435	Up 1,070 places
1924	Boys	7	#3,505	Down 330 places
1923	Boys	8	#3,175	Up 697 places
1922	Boys	6	#3,872	Down 664 places
1920	Boys	8	#3,208	Down 1,397 places
1919	Boys	18	#1,811	Up 732 places
1918	Boys	11	#2,543	Up 189 places
1917	Boys	9	#2,732	Up 1,165 places
1916	Boys	5	#3,897	Down 633 places
1914	Boys	5	#3,264	Down 768 places
1913	Boys	6	#2,496	Up 48 places
1912	Boys	5	#2,544	Down 1,171 places
1908	Boys	5	#1,373	Down 211 places
1900	Boys	6	#1,162	—