Is Sima a boy or girl name?

Sima is a girl’s name. Of the 2,125 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Sima

Recorded 1920–2025 · United States

Sima was most popular in 2024, when 74 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,342 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,125 people named Sima.

Sima over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sima’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sima a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sima is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,125 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sima

Where Sima is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org