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How popular is the name Sima?
Births per year, rank history and how many Simas are alive today.
Sima (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1473rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2023, with 11 babies given the name that year. Sima is one spelling of a name also recorded as Sema; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sima you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 15: the name has two living generations. Half of all Simas born in England and Wales are between 13 and 31, and there are at least 420 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sima - on average, only one in every 750 such rooms contains a Sima.
How many babies are named Sima each year?
Includes all spellings: Sima, Sema. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Sima spelling rank?
Where does the Sema spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sima most popular?
Sima peaked in 1996, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Sima?
At least 420 people named Sima in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sima?
Most living Simas are between 13 and 31; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 15.
Is Sima becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.