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Simmons

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Simmons has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 1913. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Simmons, 1919

1 in 301,000

Simmons over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Simmons over time

In 2022, Simmons went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19132022

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Simmons: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Simmons means

Simmons is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Simmons is used in English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Simmons is pronounced /ˈsɪmənz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 boys were recorded with the name Simmons between 1913 and 1919. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1919; its best national rank was #3,198 in 1913.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Simmons between 2021 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2021; its best national rank was #17,350 in 2021.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Simmons?

Simmons had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1919, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1919
1 in 301,000
7 of 2,110,182 births
Among boys only
1 in 140,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1919
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
208,954 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Simmons sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1919 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,954 children born in 1919 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Simmons. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Simmonss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Simmons was born before 1916 — so the typical Simmons is around 109 today.

Median birth year
1916
About 109 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
0
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Simmons rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1919 (7)
Years since peak
106
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Not enough data
Too few years
Best rank ever
#3,198
1913

Spellings of Simmons

Simmons is not the most common spelling — Simon is, with 87.5% against Simmons's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Simmons by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#3,198
1913
Peak year
1919
7 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
1919
All-time count
17
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,350
2021
Peak year
2021
5 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Simmons

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

SimereSimmeonSimirSimioneSimmonSimionTimmonsSimonpeterSimranjitSimaoSimoteSimitrioSimplicioSimbaClemonsSimarSimmsSimranAlphonsSimiSimeSimbarasheSimpsonSimuel

Sibling names for Simmons

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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