Simi
Girl · SEE-mee · Yoruba
Simi is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “rest”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Simi mean?
Yoruba: short form of Yoruba names like Simisola; also an Indian pet name
“rest”
Often short for Simisola, Yoruba for 'rest in wealth'.
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Is Simi a girl's or a boy's name?
Simi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Simi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Simi, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Simi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Simi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Simi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Simi, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had the most girls named Simi of any year since it first appeared, in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Simi in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Simi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Simi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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