Simmie
A pet form of the name Simeon, with Hebrew origins signifying "obedient".
Name Census estimates that about 509 living Americans carry the first name Simmie. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 88.0% of registrations being male. The average person named Simmie today is around 67 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Simmie births was 1918 (38 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Simmie. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • The typical person named Simmie is about 67 years old today, placing it firmly among the names of earlier generations. Most living Simmies were born before 1969.
People living today
509
~ 1 in 673,388 Americans
Peak year
1918
38 babies that year
Average age
67
years old
2008 SSA rank
#11,895
Tracked since 1884
Census
Simmie in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 525 people with the first name Simmie, which placed it at #19,901 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#19,901
National first-name rank
People counted
525
525 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
64.6% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Simmie
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Simmie is Black at 64.6%. The next largest groups are White (29.9%) and Two or More Races (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Simmie described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Simmie at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American64.6% · 339
- White29.9% · 157
- Two or more races2.9% · 15
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.1% · 6
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.1% · 6
- Hispanic or Latino0.4% · 2
Gender
Gender distribution for Simmie
Simmie leans heavily male at 88.0% of total registrations, but 160 girls have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Simmie as a male name
- Ranked #14,309 in 2008
- 5 male births in 2008
- Peak: 1918 (33 births)
Simmie as a female name
- Ranked #11,895 in 1980
- 5 female births in 1980
- Peak: 1917 (10 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Simmie on both sides of the split. Of the 533 people counted with this name, 411 were male (77.1%) and 122 were female (22.9%).
Popularity
Simmie: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Simmie from the 1880s through to the 2000s, spanning 13 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1920s, with 242 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1920s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Simmie by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Simmie during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Simmies live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana recorded the most babies named Simmie, while Florida, Mississippi, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 26 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Simmie
The name Simmie is a diminutive form of the English name Simon, derived from the Hebrew name Shim'on. The name Simon has its origins in the biblical name Simeon, one of the twelve sons of Jacob mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Simeon is thought to mean "he has heard" or "he who hears" in Hebrew.
The name Simmie likely emerged as a nickname or shortened version of Simon in English-speaking regions during the medieval period. It was a common practice at the time to create diminutive forms of names as terms of endearment or familiarity.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Simmie can be found in the court records of King Henry VIII of England in the 16th century. Simmie Wilcox was a servant in the royal household during this period.
In the 17th century, Simmie Larsson was a Swedish sailor who accompanied Willem Barents on his famous Arctic expedition in search of the Northeast Passage. Larsson's name appears in the logbooks of the voyage, which took place between 1594 and 1597.
During the American Revolutionary War, Simmie Jonson was a soldier in the Continental Army who fought under General George Washington. He is mentioned in historical accounts of the Battle of Monmouth in 1778.
In the 19th century, Simmie Cunningham was a Scottish poet and writer who published a collection of poems titled "The Lays of the Highlands" in 1845. Cunningham's works celebrated the landscapes and traditions of the Scottish Highlands.
Another notable figure was Simmie Browne, an Irish artist and illustrator who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Browne's illustrations appeared in various publications, including books by prominent authors of the time.
People
Simmie + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Simmie as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Simmie: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Simmie?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 509 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Simmie going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 673,388 US residents.
Is Simmie a common name?
We classify Simmie as "Very Rare". It ranks above 84.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,337 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Simmie most popular?
The single biggest year for Simmie was 1918, when 38 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Simmie is about 67 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Simmie in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 525 people with the name Simmie, or 0.17 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #19,901 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Simmie in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Simmie?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Simmie on both sides of the split. Of the 533 people counted with this name, 411 were male (77.1%) and 122 were female (22.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Simmie?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Simmie is Black at 64.6%. The next largest groups are White (29.9%) and Two or More Races (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Simmie most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Simmie in the 2020 Census, accounting for 64.6% (339 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Simmie in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Simmie a male name?
Yes, 88.0% of people registered as Simmie in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Simmie still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Simmie in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Simmie can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Simmie?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.