How rare is the name Simran?

3,936 people in the United States have the first name Simran, about 1 in 76,736. It ranks #4,650 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SIMRAN

#4,650

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,936
About
1 in 76,736
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,936 people named Simran, 88.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.1% as two or more races and 3.9% as White. 93% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Simran peaked in 2000, when 165 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
165
In 2025*
26 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,000 babies have been given the name since 1982. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Simran by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,629. The largest share of babies named Simran, 69%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#12,47469
1990s#3,539664
2000s#2,6291,395
2010s#4,543682
2020s#7,625190
Millennials 1981–9610.2%
Generation Z 1997–1269%
2013 and later20.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Simran is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Simran has been most common in California (4.3×), New Jersey (4.2×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.32×).

1,825 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Simran

1 other first name also has 3,936 people.

#4,650 Stephane · 3,936

Either side of Simran

#4,648 Anusha · 3,937#4,648 Jyoti · 3,937#4,650 Stephane · 3,936#4,652 Doretha · 3,935

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Simran, most common first.

#45,674 Simren · 148

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