Simran
Girl · SIM-ran · Sanskrit
Simran is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “remembrance, meditation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Simran mean?
Sanskrit: Punjabi, from Sanskrit smarana
“remembrance, meditation”
In Sikhism simran is the meditative remembrance of God through repeating the divine name.
- Say it
- SIM-ran
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Is Simran a girl's or a boy's name?
Simran is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Simran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Simran, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 263 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Simran since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Simran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Simran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,321 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,178 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,201 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 44 | #893 |
| 2018 | 60 | #724 |
| 2017 | 56 | #777 |
| 2016 | 78 | #591 |
| 2015 | 99 | #482 |
| 2014 | 92 | #517 |
| 2013 | 93 | #502 |
| 2012 | 125 | #414 |
| 2011 | 124 | #408 |
| 2010 | 135 | #371 |
| 2009 | 155 | #328 |
| 2008 | 141 | #356 |
| 2007 | 176 | #295 |
| 2006 | 159 | #314 |
| 2005 | 179 | #273 |
| 2004 | 207 | #241 |
| 2003 | 238 | #216 |
| 2002 | 248 | #188 |
| 2001 | 263 | #180 |
| 2000 | 229 | #208 |
| 1999 | 247 | #199 |
| 1998 | 237 | #203 |
| 1997 | 229 | #213 |
| 1996 | 243 | #194 |
How popular is Simran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,986among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Simran, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 158 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer girls named Simran than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Simran in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Simran in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 47 | #3,345 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,594 |
| 2015 | 71 | #2,524 |
| 2014 | 68 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 94 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,185 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,719 |
| 2008 | 110 | #1,913 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 117 | #1,689 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,435 |
| 2003 | 152 | #1,338 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 158 | #1,249 |
| 2000 | 155 | #1,260 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,406 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,310 |
| 1997 | 131 | #1,317 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
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