Sima
Feminine · “treasure”
Sima is a treasure in Hebrew and a face in Persian — and it is separately a Slavic short form of Simona.
How old is the name Sima?
Sima first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Sima alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 2,000 people named Sima are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sima most popular?
Sima peaked in 2024, reaching #2434 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, 211 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sima to Sima
The story of Sima
Aramaic sima names a treasure or a hidden store, and Jewish naming took it up. Persian sima means a face or a countenance, borrowed from Arabic. Slavic languages shorten Simona to Sima. All three routes reach American records, where the name is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
treasure; face
Several genuine sources. The Hebrew and Aramaic sima, 'treasure'. The Persian sima, 'face' or 'appearance', from Arabic. And a Slavic short form of Simona. All are documented and none dominates for American use.
How the name formed
- sima
- Sima
Related forms: סימה · سیما · Сима
Pronouncing Sima
SEE-mah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Persian stresses the second, see-MAH.
Nicknames for Sima
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most girls named
- 202565 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2434reached in 2024
- Change vs 2023
- +25.0%65 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sima in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- סימה in Hebrew — transliteration
- سیما in Persian — transliteration
- Сима in Serbian — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Simas among us
people named Sima are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Sima
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Toye test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sima's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Toye climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Toye's path sketches the road Sima is walking now.
Sima sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sima is headed
Sima looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 15% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sima beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sima in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The treasure meaning is warm and concrete in the Hebrew route.
- It works across Hebrew, Persian and Slavic contexts.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The several origins are entirely unrelated.
- In Serbian it is a masculine short form.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Simas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Sima are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sima in 2025?
- Sima ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sima?
- About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Sima — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sima with classmates?
- Sima will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sima
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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