Simmie vs Simona

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Simmie Simona

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 133 years in which either name was published, Simona for 97 years and Simmie for 36 years. The lead changed hands 30 times.

• 1884–1900 Simmie ahead
• 1905–1912 Simona ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1916–1918 Simmie ahead
• 1921–1932 Simona ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1933–1935 Simmie ahead
• 1936–1938 Simona ahead
• 1947–1960 Simmie ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1964–2025 Simona ahead

20 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Simmies alive today are over 66; half the Simonas are over 30. That is 36 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Simmie Georgia (13.2×), Alabama (13.0×), Louisiana (9.6×)
• Simona Texas (6.3×), New Mexico (3.3×), New York (2.3×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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