Simba
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Swahili
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Simba is a boys' name of Swahili origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Simba mean?
Swahili
A male given name from Swahili.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Simba a girl's or a boy's name?
Simba is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Simba in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Simba, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Simba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Simba in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Simba, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Simba in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Simba in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Simba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Eesa, Hamza, Yahya, Zayan, Zayaan, Mustafa, Arham, Huzaifa, Muhammad, Ayaan, Obaloluwa
Names related to Simba
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Zamani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Simba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/simba, updated 20 October 2026.