Simpson
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 707since 1883
Simpson over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Simpson has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,935 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1921 | #1,509 | 25 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,803 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #752 | 7 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #520 | 13 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Simpson! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Simpson is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Simpson in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1884
- Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1897
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1884 at #520 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1883–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,803
- Highest: 1 in 8,803 boys born in 1884 were named Simpson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,482 boys born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 20.9% of all boys named Simpson (148) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #520 (1884) | #662 |
| 1890s | 32 | #674 (1896) | #970 |
| 1900s | 19 | #999 (1907) | #1,216 |
| 1910s | 148 | #1,174 (1912) | #1,604 |
| 1920s | 148 | #1,509 (1921) | #2,236 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,159 (1939) | #2,836 |
| 1940s | 92 | #2,169 (1947) | #2,595 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,822 (1957) | #3,448 |
| 1960s | 34 | #3,077 (1960) | #3,858 |
| 1970s | 32 | #4,907 (1971) | #5,167 |
| 1980s | 35 | #4,853 (1986) | #5,584 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,853 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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