How Many People Are Named Simcha?
people named Simcha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 156,566 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,236 babies named Simcha in Social Security records from 1956 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
99 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "happiness, joy" in Hebrew.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Simcha, 10.3% were girls and 89.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 5.2% of the babies were girls then and 5.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Simcha alive today is about 18 years old, and 78% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Simcha first appears in the records in 1956, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 99 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1956 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Simcha has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,741, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,741. Among girls, its best rank was #8,254, in 1997.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,741 | #16,928 |
| Best rank | #1,741 (2025) | #8,254 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,225 in the 2010s | #11,558 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Simcha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Simcha were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,310 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Simcha was given 12.8 times as often in New York and 7.2 times in New Jersey.
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