Simi
Feminine
Simi is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 545 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Simi is a short form in several unconnected traditions — Yoruba, Punjabi and Hebrew each produce it, and they have nothing to do with one another.
How old is the name Simi?
Simi first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Simi is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Simi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Simi most popular?
Simi peaked in 2025, reaching #3903 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Simi
Ours, offered as ours. The Yoruba route is the most interesting: Simisola is generally read as rest in wealth, and Yoruba names of that shape are full sentences about what the family hopes or has been given. Punjabi Simran comes from a word for remembrance of the divine, which is a practice as much as a word. Hebrew Simcha is joy. Three languages, three good senses, one two-syllable name, and no way to tell from the letters.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Yoruba names beginning Simi — Simisola, Simiat — are built on a verb meaning to rest or find comfort in. Punjabi Simran is from a word for remembrance. Hebrew Simi clips Simcha, joy. Which parent a family has is not recoverable from the spelling.
Pronouncing Simi
SIM-ee
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say see-MEE.
Nicknames for Simi
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
- 1962
- Most girls named
- 202537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3903reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +5.7%37 in 2025, from 35
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.
Simi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Simisola in Yoruba — related form
- Simran in Punjabi — related form
- Simcha in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Simis among us
people named Simi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Simi
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 Saran test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Simi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Saran climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Saran's path sketches the road Simi is walking now.
Simi 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 Simi is headed
Simi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 22% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Simi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Simi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Three real traditions produce it, each with a good sense.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- It reads as a shortening to speakers of each parent language.
- The meaning depends entirely on which tradition a family belongs to.
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Frequently asked
- How many Simis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Simi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Simi in 2025?
- Simi ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Simi?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Simi — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Simi with classmates?
- Simi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Simi
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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