Sima

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sima: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sima: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,473 in 1999, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1473highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#1666
1998	#2701
1999	#1473
2000	#2416
2001	#2023
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#3197
2005	#2438
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#3005
2009	#2759
2010	#3156
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2013	#2887
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2017	#3229
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2022	#2888
2023	#2346
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1473 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	73	10 of 10	7
2010s	52	10 of 10	5
2020s	31	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sima appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1473 in England and Wales in 1999.

Sima's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,473, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 1999Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Silvie · #2711, 17y
Simao · #2199, 18y
Simar · #1387, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Meena · #1472, 29y
Queenie · #1472, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bebe · #1472, 24y
Hollie-Mae · #1472, 24y
Meena · #1472, 29y
Queenie · #1472, 26y

Sima and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sima without appearing here.

Sima moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #5669.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Kirsten Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #4056.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Sima

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2759 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Diane Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #2411.

Moved the opposite way to Sima

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sima

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sima went from #1755 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1473 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sima

Sima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sima appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sima and the names beside it

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Sima at a glance

Sima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sima appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Sima and the names beside it

Sima moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sima

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